Convert an array of bytes into a string using C++

Convert an array of bytes (uint8_t) into a string using C++.

#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>

int main() 
{
    std::vector<uint8_t> b {0x68, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x6f };

    std::string s(b.begin(), b.end());

    std::cout << s << std::endl;
}

std::string uses the default encoding of your location. I'm in the UK so the bytes I added in the array are using ASCII encoding.

I compiled this on macOS using the following,

g++ -std=c++11 bytes.cpp

Note the flag to use C++11 if you run g++ without, it will default to C++03 which does not support brace initialization s you will get this error

bytes.cpp:8:27: error: expected ';' at end of declaration
    std::vector<uint8_t> b {0x68, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x6f };