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# std::experimental::basic_string_view::to_string, std::experimental::basic_string_view::operator basic_string

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< cpp‎ | experimental‎ | basic string view

template<class Allocator = allocator<CharT>> basic_string<CharT, Traits, Allocator> to_string(const Allocator& a = Allocator()) const; |  | (library fundamentals TS)
template<class Allocator> explicit operator basic_string<CharT, Traits, Allocator>() const; |  | (library fundamentals TS)

Creates a `basic_string` with a copy of the content of the current view.

### [edit] Template parameters

Allocator | - | `Allocator` type used to allocate internal storage

### [edit] Parameters

a | - | Allocator instance to use for allocating the new string

### [edit] Return value

A `basic_string` containing a copy of the characters of the current view.

### [edit] Complexity

Linear in `size()`

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