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stringConcatenation.cpp

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+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+using namespace std;
+// return a string that contains n As
+// In Java this code takes forever
+string makeLongString( int n )
+{
+string result = "";
+for( int i = 0; i < n; i++ )
+result += "A";
+return result;
+}
+int main( )
+{
+string manyAs = makeLongString( 250000 );
+cout << "Short string is " << makeLongString( 20 ) << endl;
+cout << "Length is " << manyAs.length( ) << endl;
+return 0;
+}