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#include <string> 
#include <iostream> // std::cout, std::cerr
#include <strstream> // deprecated
using namespace std;
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) 
{
char* str="http://rzr.online.fr 42\0";
strstream s;
s<<str<<endl; //now >> can be used
string w;
s>>w;
cout<<"# will print 1string : \"" << w<<'\"'<<endl; 
// # will print 1string : "http://rzr.online.fr"
int i;
s>>i;
cout<<"# will print int : \"" << i <<'\"'<<endl; 
// # will print int : "42"
}