[basic.string.literals]

# 27 Strings library [[strings]](./#strings)

## 27.4 String classes [[string.classes]](string.classes#basic.string.literals)

### 27.4.7 Suffix for basic_string literals [basic.string.literals]

[🔗](#lib:operator%22%22s,string)

`constexpr string operator""s(const char* str, size_t len);
`

[1](#1)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/strings.tex#L5407)

*Returns*: string{str, len}[.](#1.sentence-1)

[🔗](#lib:operator%22%22s,u8string)

`constexpr u8string operator""s(const char8_t* str, size_t len);
`

[2](#2)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/strings.tex#L5417)

*Returns*: u8string{str, len}[.](#2.sentence-1)

[🔗](#lib:operator%22%22s,u16string)

`constexpr u16string operator""s(const char16_t* str, size_t len);
`

[3](#3)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/strings.tex#L5427)

*Returns*: u16string{str, len}[.](#3.sentence-1)

[🔗](#lib:operator%22%22s,u32string)

`constexpr u32string operator""s(const char32_t* str, size_t len);
`

[4](#4)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/strings.tex#L5437)

*Returns*: u32string{str, len}[.](#4.sentence-1)

[🔗](#lib:operator%22%22s,wstring)

`constexpr wstring operator""s(const wchar_t* str, size_t len);
`

[5](#5)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/strings.tex#L5447)

*Returns*: wstring{str, len}[.](#5.sentence-1)

[6](#6)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/strings.tex#L5452)

[*Note [1](#note-1)*:

The same suffix s is used for chrono​::​duration literals denoting seconds but there is no conflict, since duration suffixes apply to numbers and string literal suffixes apply to character array literals[.](#6.sentence-1)

— *end note*]