A string is a collection of characters. For example, “GeeksforGeeks” is a string. C++ provides primitive data types to create a string. The string can also be initialized at the time of declaration.
Syntax:
string str;
string str = “GeeksforGeeks”
Here, “GeeksforGeeks” is a string literal.
This article shows the difference between the concatenation of the strings using the addition assignment operator (+=) and the addition (+) operator used with strings. Concatenation is the process of joining end-to-end.
Addition assignment (+=) operator
In C++, a string addition assignment operator is used to concatenate one string to the end of another string.
Syntax:
str += value
Here,
value is a string to be concatenated with str.
It appends the value (literal) at the end of the string, without any reassignment.
Example: Below is the C++ program to demonstrate the addition assignment operator.
// C++ program to implement // the above approach #include <iostream> using namespace std;
// Driver code int main()
{ // Declaring an empty string
string str = "Geeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
string str1 = "forGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1
// using addition assignment operator
str += str1;
// Print the string
cout << str;
return 0;
} |
// Java program to implement // the above approach import java.util.*;
class GFG{
// Driver code public static void main(String[] args)
{ // Declaring an empty String
String str = "Geeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
String str1 = "forGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1
// using addition assignment operator
str += str1;
// Print the String
System.out.print(str);
} } // This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar |
# Python code for the above approach # Driver code # Declaring an empty string str = "Geeks" ;
# String to be concatenated str1 = "forGeeks" ;
# Concatenate str and str1 # using addition assignment operator str + = str1;
# Print the string print ( str );
# This code is contributed by gfgking |
// C# program to implement // the above approach using System;
public class GFG{
// Driver code public static void Main(String[] args)
{ // Declaring an empty String
String str = "Geeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
String str1 = "forGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1
// using addition assignment operator
str += str1;
// Print the String
Console.Write(str);
} } // This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar |
<script> // JavaScript code for the above approach
// Driver code
// Declaring an empty string
let str = "Geeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
let str1 = "forGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1
// using addition assignment operator
str += str1;
// Print the string
document.write(str);
// This code is contributed by Potta Lokesh
</script>
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GeeksforGeeks
Addition(+) operator
In C++, a string addition operator is used to concatenate one string to the end of another string. But in this case the after the concatenation of strings, the modified string gets assigned to the string.
Syntax:
str = str + value
Here,
value is a string to be concatenated with str.
It firstly appends the value (literal) at the end of the string and then reassigns it to str.
Example: Below is the C+ program to demonstrate the above approach.
// C++ program to implement // the above approach #include <iostream> using namespace std;
// Driver code int main()
{ // Declaring an empty string
string str = "Geeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
string str1 = "forGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1
// using addition operator
str = str + str1;
// Print the string
cout << str;
return 0;
} |
// Java program to implement // the above approach class GFG{
// Driver code public static void main(String[] args)
{ // Declaring an empty String
String str = "Geeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
String str1 = "forGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1
// using addition operator
str = str + str1;
// Print the String
System.out.print(str);
} } // This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar |
# Python program to implement # the above approach # Driver code # Declaring an empty string str1 = "Geeks"
# String to be concatenated str2 = "forGeeks"
# Concatenate str and str1 # using addition operator str1 + = str2
# Print the string print (str1)
# This code is contributed by phasing17 |
// C# program to implement // the above approach using System;
public class GFG {
// Driver code
public static void Main(String[] args) {
// Declaring an empty String
String str = "Geeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
String str1 = "forGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1
// using addition operator
str = str + str1;
// Print the String
Console.Write(str);
}
} // This code is contributed by umadevi9616 |
// JavaScript program to implement // the above approach // Driver code function main() {
// Declaring an empty string
let str = "Geeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
let str1 = "forGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1
// using addition operator
str = str + str1;
// Print the string
console.log(str);
} main(); // Contributed by adityashae15 |
GeeksforGeeks
Although both operators when used with strings can be used for the concatenation of strings, there are some differences between them:
Factor 1: Assignment of the modified string:
- The addition assignment operator (+=) concatenates two strings by appending one string at the end of another string.
- The addition operator(+) concatenates two strings by appending one string at the end of the original string and then assigning the modified string to the original string.
Example: Below is the C++ program to demonstrate the above approach.
#include <iostream> using namespace std;
int main()
{ // Declaring an empty string
string str = "Geeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
string str1 = "forGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1
// using addition assignment operator
// Concatenate str1 at the end of str
str += str1;
// Print the string
cout << "Resultant string using += "
<< str << '\n' ;
str = "Geeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1
// using addition operator
// Concatenate str and str1
// and assign the result to str again
str = str + str1;
// Print the string
cout << "Resultant string using + "
<< str;
return 0;
} |
public class StringConcatenation {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Declaring an empty string
String str = "Geeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
String str1 = "forGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1 using +=
// Concatenate str1 at the end of str
str += str1;
// Print the string
System.out.println( "Resultant string using += " + str);
// Reset str to its original value
str = "Geeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1 using +
// Concatenate str and str1
// and assign the result to str again
str = str + str1;
// Print the string
System.out.println( "Resultant string using + " + str);
}
} |
# Python equivalent of above C++ code # Declaring an empty string str = "Geeks"
# String to be concatenated str1 = "forGeeks"
# Concatenate str and str1 # using addition assignment operator # Concatenate str1 at the end of str str + = str1
# Print the string print ( "Resultant string using += " , str )
str = "Geeks"
# Concatenate str and str1 # using addition operator # Concatenate str and str1 # and assign the result to str again str = str + str1
# Print the string print ( "Resultant string using + " , str )
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using System;
class Program {
static void Main( string [] args) {
// Declaring an empty string
string str = "Geeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
string str1 = "forGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1
// using addition assignment operator
// Concatenate str1 at the end of str
str += str1;
// Print the string
Console.WriteLine( "Resultant string using += " + str);
// Reset str
str = "Geeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1
// using addition operator
// Concatenate str and str1
// and assign the result to str again
str = str + str1;
// Print the string
Console.WriteLine( "Resultant string using + " + str);
}
} |
// Declaring an empty string let str = "Geeks" ;
// String to be concatenated let str1 = "forGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1 using += // Concatenate str1 at the end of str str += str1; // Print the string console.log( "Resultant string using += " + str);
// Reset str to its original value str = "Geeks" ;
// Concatenate str and str1 using + // Concatenate str and str1 // and assign the result to str again str = str + str1; // Print the string console.log( "Resultant string using + " + str);
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Resultant string using += GeeksforGeeks Resultant string using + GeeksforGeeks
Factor 2: Operator overloaded functions used:
- The addition assignment operator (+=) concatenates two strings because the operator is overloaded internally.
- In this case, also, the addition operator (+) concatenates two strings because the operator is overloaded internally.
Factor 3: Number of strings concatenated:
- The addition assignment operator (+=) can concatenate two strings at a time in a single statement.
- The addition operator (+) can concatenate multiple strings by using multiple addition (+) operators between the string in a single statement. For example, str = str1 + str2 + str3 + … + strn
Example: In this program, three different statements are required to concatenate three strings; str, str1, str2, and str3 using the assignment addition operator (+=) and a single statement is required to concatenate three strings; str, str1, str2, and str3 using the addition operator (+).
// C++ program to implement // the above approach #include <iostream> using namespace std;
// Driver code int main()
{ // Declaring an empty string
string str = "GeeksforGeeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
string str1 = " GeeksforGeeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
string str2 = " GeeksforGeeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
string str3 = " GeeksforGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str, str1, str2 and str3
// using addition assignment operator
// in multiple statements
str += str1;
str += str2;
str += str3;
// Print the string
cout << "Resultant string using +="
<< str << '\n' ;
str = "GeeksforGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str, str1, str and str3
// using addition operator
// in a single statement
str = str + str1 + str2 + str3;
// Print the string
cout << "Resultant string using + "
<< str;
return 0;
} |
// Java program to implement // the above approach import java.io.*;
class GFG {
// Driver code public static void main (String[] args)
{ // Declaring an empty string
String str = "GeeksforGeeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
String str1 = " GeeksforGeeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
String str2 = " GeeksforGeeks" ;
// String to be concatenated
String str3 = " GeeksforGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str, str1, str2 and str3
// using addition assignment operator
// in multiple statements
str += str1;
str += str2;
str += str3;
// Print the string
System.out.println( "Resultant string using +="
+str);
str = "GeeksforGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str, str1, str and str3
// using addition operator
// in a single statement
str = str + str1 + str2 + str3;
// Print the string
System.out.print( "Resultant string using + "
+ str);
} } //this code is contributed by shivanisinghss2110 |
# Initialize an empty string str = "GeeksforGeeks"
# Strings to be concatenated str1 = " GeeksforGeeks"
str2 = " GeeksforGeeks"
str3 = " GeeksforGeeks"
# Concatenate str, str1, str2, and str3 # using the addition assignment operator # in multiple statements str + = str1
str + = str2
str + = str3
# Print the resultant string print ( "Resultant string using +=" , str )
# Reset the string to the original value str = "GeeksforGeeks"
# Concatenate str, str1, str2, and str3 # using the addition operator in a single statement str = str + str1 + str2 + str3
# Print the resultant string print ( "Resultant string using +" , str )
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using System;
class Program
{ static void Main( string [] args)
{
// Declaring an empty string
string str = "GeeksforGeeks" ;
// Strings to be concatenated
string str1 = " GeeksforGeeks" ;
string str2 = " GeeksforGeeks" ;
string str3 = " GeeksforGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str, str1, str2, and str3
// using addition assignment operator
// in multiple statements
str += str1;
str += str2;
str += str3;
// Print the string
Console.WriteLine( "Resultant string using +=" + str);
// Reset the string
str = "GeeksforGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str, str1, str2, and str3
// using addition operator in a single statement
str = str + str1 + str2 + str3;
// Print the string
Console.WriteLine( "Resultant string using + " + str);
}
} |
// Declaring an empty string let str = "GeeksforGeeks" ;
// String to be concatenated let str1 = " GeeksforGeeks" ;
// String to be concatenated let str2 = " GeeksforGeeks" ;
// String to be concatenated let str3 = " GeeksforGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str, str1, str2, and str3 // using addition assignment operator // in multiple statements str += str1; str += str2; str += str3; // Print the string console.log( "Resultant string using +=" + str);
str = "GeeksforGeeks" ;
// Concatenate str, str1, str2, and str3 // using addition operator // in a single statement str = str + str1 + str2 + str3; // Print the string console.log( "Resultant string using + " + str);
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Resultant string using +=GeeksforGeeks GeeksforGeeks GeeksforGeeks GeeksforGeeks Resultant string using + GeeksforGeeks GeeksforGeeks GeeksforGeeks GeeksforGeeks
Factor 4: Performance:
- The addition assignment operator (+=) when used for the concatenation of strings gives better efficiency as compared to the addition(+) operator. This is because no reassignment of strings takes place in this case.
- The addition operator (+) when used for the concatenation of strings, is less efficient as compared to the addition (+=) operator. This is because the assignment of strings takes place in this case.
Example: Below is the program to demonstrate the performance of the += string concatenation method.
// C++ program to calculate // performance of += #include <bits/stdc++.h> #include <sys/time.h> using namespace std;
// Function whose time is to // be measured void fun()
{ // Initialize a n empty string
string str = "" ;
// concatenate the characters
// from 'a' to 'z'
for ( int i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
char c = 'a' + i;
str += c;
}
} // Driver Code int main()
{ // Use function gettimeofday()
// can get the time
struct timeval start, end;
// Start timer
gettimeofday(&start, NULL);
// unsync the I/O of C and C++.
ios_base::sync_with_stdio( false );
// Function Call
fun();
// Stop timer
gettimeofday(&end, NULL);
// Calculating total time taken
// by the program.
double time_taken;
time_taken = (end.tv_sec
- start.tv_sec)
* 1e6;
time_taken = (time_taken
+ (end.tv_usec
- start.tv_usec))
* 1e-6;
cout << "Time taken by program is : "
<< fixed
<< time_taken << setprecision(6);
cout << " sec" << endl;
return 0;
} |
import java.util.Date;
public class Main {
// Function whose time is to be measured
static void fun() {
// Initialize an empty string
StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
// concatenate the characters from 'a' to 'z'
for ( int i = 0 ; i < 26 ; i++) {
char c = ( char ) ( 'a' + i);
str.append(c);
}
}
// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Start timer
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
// Function Call
fun();
// Stop timer
long endTime = System.nanoTime();
// Calculating total time taken by the program
double timeTaken = (endTime - startTime) / 1e9;
System.out.printf( "Time taken by program is : %.6f sec%n" , timeTaken);
}
} |
import time
# Function whose time is to be measured def fun():
# Initialize an empty string
str = ""
# Concatenate the characters from 'a' to 'z'
for i in range ( 26 ):
c = chr ( ord ( 'a' ) + i)
str + = c
# Driver code if __name__ = = "__main__" :
# Start timer
startTime = time.time()
# Function Call
fun()
# Stop timer
endTime = time.time()
# Calculating total time taken by the program
timeTaken = endTime - startTime
print (f "Time taken by program is: {timeTaken:.6f} sec" )
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using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
class Program {
// Function whose time is to be measured
static void Fun()
{
// Initialize an empty string
string str = "" ;
// Concatenate the characters from 'a' to 'z'
for ( int i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
char c = ( char )( 'a' + i);
str += c;
}
}
// Driver Code
static void Main()
{
// Use Stopwatch for measuring time
Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
// Start timer
stopwatch.Start();
// Function Call
Fun();
// Stop timer
stopwatch.Stop();
// Calculating total time taken by the program
double timeTaken = stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds;
Console.WriteLine(
"Time taken by program is: {0:F6} sec" ,
timeTaken);
}
} |
// Function whose time is to be measured function fun() {
// Initialize an empty string
let str = '' ;
// concatenate the characters from 'a' to 'z'
for (let i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
let c = String.fromCharCode( 'a' .charCodeAt(0) + i);
str += c;
}
} // Start timer let startTime = new Date().getTime();
// Function Call fun(); // Stop timer let endTime = new Date().getTime();
// Calculating total time taken by the program let timeTaken = (endTime - startTime) / 1000; console.log(`Time taken by program is: ${timeTaken.toFixed(6)} sec`); |
Time taken by program is : 0.000490 sec
Example: Below is the program to demonstrate the performance of the + string concatenation method.
// C++ program to calculate // performance of + #include <bits/stdc++.h> #include <sys/time.h> using namespace std;
// Function whose time is to // be measured void fun()
{ // Initialize a n empty string
string str = "" ;
// concatenate the characters
// from 'a' to 'z'
for ( int i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
char c = 'a' + i;
str = str + c;
}
} // Driver Code int main()
{ // Use function gettimeofday()
// can get the time
struct timeval start, end;
// Start timer
gettimeofday(&start, NULL);
// unsync the I/O of C and C++.
ios_base::sync_with_stdio( false );
// Function Call
fun();
// Stop timer
gettimeofday(&end, NULL);
// Calculating total time taken
// by the program.
double time_taken;
time_taken = (end.tv_sec
- start.tv_sec)
* 1e6;
time_taken = (time_taken
+ (end.tv_usec
- start.tv_usec))
* 1e-6;
cout << "Time taken by program is : "
<< fixed
<< time_taken << setprecision(6);
cout << " sec" << endl;
return 0;
} // this code is contributed by utkarsh |
import java.util.*;
public class PerformanceTest {
// Function whose time is to be measured
static void fun() {
// Initialize an empty StringBuilder
StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
// Concatenate the characters from 'a' to 'z'
for ( int i = 0 ; i < 26 ; i++) {
char c = ( char )( 'a' + i);
str.append(c);
}
}
// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Use System.currentTimeMillis() to get the time
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
// Function Call
fun();
// Stop timer
long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
// Calculating total time taken by the program
double timeTaken = (end - start) / 1000.0 ;
System.out.printf( "Time taken by program is: %.6f sec%n" , timeTaken);
}
} |
import time
def fun():
# Initialize an empty string
string = ""
# Concatenate the characters from 'a' to 'z'
for i in range ( 26 ):
c = chr ( ord ( 'a' ) + i)
string = string + c
# Driver Code if __name__ = = "__main__" :
# Start timer
start_time = time.time()
# Function Call
fun()
# Stop timer
end_time = time.time()
# Calculating total time taken by the program.
time_taken = end_time - start_time
print ( "Time taken by program is : {:.6f} sec" . format (time_taken))
# this code is contributed by utkarsh |
// C# program to calculate // performance of + using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
class GFG
{ // Function whose time is to
// be measured
static void Fun()
{
// Initialize an empty string
string str = "" ;
// concatenate the characters
// from 'a' to 'z'
for ( int i = 0; i < 26; i++)
{
char c = ( char )( 'a' + i);
str = str + c;
}
}
// Driver Code
static void Main( string [] args)
{
// Use Stopwatch to measure time
Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
// Start timer
stopwatch.Start();
// Function Call
Fun();
// Stop timer
stopwatch.Stop();
// Calculating total time taken
// by the program.
double time_taken = stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds;
Console.WriteLine( "Time taken by program is : " + time_taken.ToString( "F6" ) + " sec" );
}
} |
function fun() {
// Initialize an empty string
let str = "" ;
// Concatenate the characters from 'a' to 'z'
for (let i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
let c = String.fromCharCode( 'a' .charCodeAt(0) + i);
str = str + c;
}
} // Start timer console.time( "Time taken by program is" );
// Function call fun(); // Stop timer console.timeEnd( "Time taken by program is" );
//This code is contributed by Adarsh |
Time taken by program is : 0.000715 sec
S No. | Factor | += operator | + operator |
1 | Assignment | It appends a string at the end of the original string. | It appends a string at the end of the original string and then reassigns the modified string to the original string. |
2 | Overloaded functions | operator overloaded function used with strings is different from the += operator. | operator overloaded function used with strings is different from the + operator. |
3 | Number of strings concatenated | It can concatenate two strings at a time in a single statement. | Multiple strings can be concatenated using multiple addition (+) operators between the string. For example, str = str1 + str2 + str3 + … + strn |
4 | Performance | This operator when used for the concatenation of strings gives better efficiency as compared to the addition(+) operator. This is because no reassignment of strings takes place in this case. | This operator when used for the concatenation is not as efficient as compared to the addition(+=) operator. This is because reassignment of strings takes place in this case. |