Re: [Boost-users] [string] HowTo: equiv of printf("%.5s\n", myBuf10);

Lynn Allan wrote:

I've been puzzled about doing the equivalent of: printf("%.5s\n", myBuf10); and also: printf("%.*s\n", 5, myBuf10); Note: newbie with std::string ... using Microsoft vc7.1 compiler

Thanks.

string isn't a Boost library. You're unlikely to get any help here. Try posting to comp.lang.c++ on Google Groups.