http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/operator+=/
// string::operator+=
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
int main ()
{
std::string name ("John");
std::string family ("Smith");
name += " K. "; // c-string
name += family; // string
name += '\n'; // character
std::cout << name;
return 0;
}