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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;"> <span class="co2">#include <string></span>
<span class="kw4">void</span> resize<span class="br0">(</span> size_type size<span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw4">char</span> val <span class="sy0">=</span> <span class="kw4">char</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre>
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The function resize() changes the size of the string to size. If val is
specified then any newly-created elements will be initialized to have a value
of val.
This function runs in <a href="../complexity.html" class="wikilink1" title="complexity">linear time</a>.
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Related Topics: <a href="../string/capacity.html" class="wikilink1" title="string:capacity">capacity</a>, <a href="../string/size.html" class="wikilink1" title="string:size">size</a>
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