How do I use strlen on a C string

Question

If that makes sense, I'm attempting to convert my basic C code to C++ using C++ syntax rather than C syntax. 

But I have an issue. 

In C++, I'm not sure how to use strlen(). 

I have #include iostream> #include string> and namespace std; in preprocessing. 

When I attempted to compile, I received the following error messages:

error: use of undeclared identifier 'strlen'
int n = strlen(MessagetEnc);

and

error: use of undeclared identifier 'strlen'
for (int i = 0; i < strlen(MessagetEnc); i++)

Also, #include <cstring> does not appear to solve the problem.

The code is as follows:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
    
int main () 
{
    int EncCode; 
    std::cout << "Encryption code: " << std::endl;
    std::cin >> EncCode; 
    
    string MessagetEnc;
    std::cout << "Message to Encrypt:";
    std::cin >> MessagetEnc;
    std::cout << "Output: " << endl;
    
    int n = strlen(MessagetEnc);
    for (int i = 0; i < strlen(MessagetEnc); i++)
    {
        std::cout <<"Encrypted message" << MessagetEnc[i];
    }
}

I know C++ isn't for beginners, but I wanted to give it a shot after reading a few articles, as I intend to study it thoroughly after I'm out of the "beginning stage."

Edit: std:: is there because I attempted to avoid using namespace std; as a debugging tool.

Answer 1

In C++, there are two standard methods for storing strings. 

In this scenario, you specify an array of characters, and 0 signifies the end of the string.

#include <cstring>

char str[500] = "Hello";
// How ever the capacity of str is 500, but the end of the actual string
// must be indicated by zero (\0) within the str and Compiler puts it
// automatically when you initialize it by a constant string.
// This array contains {'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', '\0'}

int len = std::strlen(str);
// To get the actual length you can use above function

Another way to define a string is to use std::string.

#include <string>

std::string str = "Hello";

int len = str.size();
          ~~~~~~~~~~
// or

int len = str.length();