std::basic_string::max_size
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                    |   size_type max_size() const;  | 
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Returns the maximum number of elements the string is able to hold due to system or library implementation limitations, i.e. std::distance(begin(), end()) for the largest string.
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[edit] Parameters
(none)
[edit] Return value
maximum number of characters
[edit] Complexity
Constant
[edit] See also
|    returns the number of characters   (public member function)  | |
|    returns the length of the string  (public member function)  | |