What is the best string class to use?

and why?

I usally use sprintf with a charcter array, what is a comparable function in the string class?

It is my understanding that there is a sprintf for use in C++ also, but its in stdio.h
and it has the same function as with C


here is a site:

http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/cstdio/sprintf.html

If you want to stay to a portable way of coding, std::string is the way to go. I don't know what it's formatting powers are though.

If you are using Windows and MFC, CString is your friend. It has a Format function that takes exactly the same parameters like printf.

Use stringstreams for formatting with the standard string class. They use the '<<' operator so you don't have to specify format arguments.