I use MSVC and I was wondering if there is a string class included instead of using character arrays. I know there is string.h for functins like strcpy() and strlen(). But can I declare and object to be a string and if so what is the syntax??? Umm...

There is also a string class called "CSTRING" just look for that in the index... and see what happens

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CString is specific to MFC. If you want to stick with standard C++, use the string class, which is part of the STL. You can learn more about the STL here, or by using MSDN.