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%\usepackage{opensans}          % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely.
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}     % For underlining links
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% of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support.
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\usepackage{MnSymbol}           % Symbols
\usepackage{wasysym}            % Symbols
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% Document Info
\author{blakecromar}
\pdfinfo{
  /Title (c-qstring.pdf)
  /Creator (Cheatography)
  /Author (blakecromar)
  /Subject (C++ (QString) Cheat Sheet)
}

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\noindent
\begin{multicols}{3}
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    \vspace{-7pt}
    {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent
        \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}}
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    \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{C++ (QString) Cheat Sheet}}}} \\
    \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{blakecromar} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/218070/cs/48198/}}}
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  \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}}  \\
  \vspace{-2pt}blakecromar \\
  \uline{cheatography.com/blakecromar} \\
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  \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}}  \\
   \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\
   Updated 18th June, 2026.\\
   Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}.
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  Measure your website readability!\\
  www.readability-score.com
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{// Qt's Unicode string class, used wherever you would use std::string in a Qt codebase. It handles  \newline // international characters and encodings natively, and provides methods for common string operations // like splitting, trimming, and replacing. It interoperates with std::string via fromStdString() and   \newline // toStdString(). \newline  \newline QString qString = \seqsplit{QString::fromStdString(stdString);} \newline QString combined = \seqsplit{QStringLiteral("literalPrefix")} + qString;} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{// A static factory method on QString that converts a std::string into a QString, bridging the standard  \newline // C++ and Qt string ecosystems. It internally constructs a new QString by copying the character data  \newline // across from the std::string. It is called on the class itself rather than an instance, signalling that it is a  \newline // QString concern. \newline  \newline QString qString = \seqsplit{QString::fromStdString(stdString);}} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{A Qt macro that creates a QString from a hardcoded string literal at compile time rather than runtime, avoiding any memory allocation. It is used wherever you have a fixed string value baked directly into the code rather than a variable. For dynamic values coming from variables, QString::fromStdString() is used instead.}  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{A static factory method on QString that converts raw byte data into a QString using the local system's text encoding. It is used specifically for reading process error output since readAllStandardError() returns raw bytes rather than a proper string. It is preferred over fromStdString() sometimes because error messages from system processes are encoded in the local system encoding rather than UTF-8.}  \tn 
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