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String

reserve()

Description

The String reserve() function allows you to allocate a buffer in memory for manipulating strings.

Syntax

string.reserve(size)

Parameters

size: unsigned int declaring the number of bytes in memory to save for string manipulation

Returns

none

Example

String myString; void setup ( ) {
  // initialize serial and wait for port to open:
  Serial.begin ( 9600 ) ;
  while ( ! Serial ) {
    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
  }   myString.reserve ( 26 ) ;
  myString = "i=" ;
  myString += "1234" ;
  myString += ", is that ok?" ;   // print the String:
  Serial.println (myString) ;
} void loop ( ) {
 // nothing to do here
}
 


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