// An elementary implementation of type string.

#include <string.h>
#include <iostream.h>

const int max_len = 255;

class string {
public:         // universal access
   void assign(const char* st) { strcpy(s, st); len = strlen(st); } 
   int  length() { return len; }
   void print() { cout << s << "\nLength: " << len << "\n"; }
private:        // restricted access to member functions
   char s[max_len];    // implementation by character array
   int  len;
};

// Test of the class string.

int main()
{
   string  one, two;
   char    three[40] = {"My name is Charles Babbage."};

   one.assign("My name is Alan Turing.");
   two.assign(three);
   cout << three;
   cout << "\nLength: " << strlen(three) << endl;
   // Print shorter of one and two.
   if (one.length() <= two.length())
      one.print();
   else
      two.print();
   return 0;
}