//: C03:ReplaceAndGrow.cpp
// From "Thinking in C++, Volume 2", by Bruce Eckel & Chuck Allison.
// (c) 1995-2004 MindView, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
// See source code use permissions stated in the file 'License.txt',
// distributed with the code package available at www.MindView.net.
#include <cassert>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main() {
  string bigNews("I have been working the grave.");
  string replacement("yard shift.");
  // The first argument says "replace chars
  // beyond the end of the existing string":
  bigNews.replace(bigNews.size() - 1,
    replacement.size(), replacement);
  assert(bigNews == "I have been working the "
         "graveyard shift.");
} ///:~