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# std::experimental::filesystem::path::string,wstring,u8string,...

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< cpp‎ | experimental‎ | fs‎ | path

template< class CharT, class Traits = std::char_traits<CharT> class Alloc = std::allocator<CharT> > std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Alloc> string( const Alloc& a = Allocator() ) const; | (1) | (filesystem TS)
| (2) | (filesystem TS)
std::string string() const; |  |
std::wstring wstring() const; |  |
std::u8string u8string() const; |  |
std::u16string u16string() const; |  |
std::u32string u32string() const; |  |

Returns the internal pathname in native pathname format, converted to specific string type. Conversion, if any, is specified in todo.

1) All memory allocations are performed by `a`.
2) The encoding in the case of `u8string()` is always UTF-8.

### [edit] Parameters

(none)

### [edit] Return value

The internal pathname in generic pathname format, converted to specified string type.

### [edit] Exceptions

(none)

### [edit] See also

generic_string generic_wstring generic_u8string generic_u16string generic_u32string | returns the path in generic pathname format converted to a string (public member function) [edit]

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