Language: C++

#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

int main() {
  string a;
  cin >> a;
  cout << a[a.begin()] << sizeof(a) - 2 << a[a.end()] << endl;

  return 0;
}


Compiler output:
a.cc: In function 'int main()':
a.cc:14:12: error: no match for 'operator[]' (operand types are 'std::string' {aka 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>'} and 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>::iterator')
   14 |   cout << a[a.begin()] << sizeof(a) - 2 << a[a.end()] << endl;
      |            ^
In file included from /usr/include/c++/14/string:54,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/bits/locale_classes.h:40,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/bits/ios_base.h:41,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/iomanip:42,
                 from a.cc:3:
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/basic_string.h:1247:7: note: candidate: 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::const_reference std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::operator[](size_type) const [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>; const_reference = const char&; size_type = long unsigned int]'
 1247 |       operator[] (size_type __pos) const _GLIBCXX_NOEXCEPT
      |       ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/basic_string.h:1247:29: note:   no known conversion for argument 1 from 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>::iterator' to 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>::size_type' {aka 'long unsigned int'}
 1247 |       operator[] (size_type __pos) const _GLIBCXX_NOEXCEPT
      |                   ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/basic_string.h:1265:7: note: candidate: 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::reference std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::operator[](size_type) [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>; reference = char&; size_type = long unsigned int]'
 1265 |       operator[](size_type __pos)
      |       ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/basic_string.h:1265:28: note:   no known conversion for argument 1 from 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>::iterator' to 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>::size_type' {aka 'long unsigned int'}
 1265 |       operator[](size_type __pos)
      |                  ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~
a.cc:14:45: error: no match for 'operator[]' (operand types are 'std::string' {aka 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>'} and 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>::iterator')
   14 |   cout << a[a.begin()] << sizeof(a) - 2 << a[a.end()] << endl;
      |                                             ^
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/basic_string.h:1247:7: note: candidate: 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::const_reference std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::operator[](size_type) const [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>; const_reference = const char&; size_type = long unsigned int]'
 1247 |       operator[] (size_type __pos) const _GLIBCXX_NOEXCEPT
      |       ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/basic_string.h:1247:29: note:   no known conversion for argument 1 from 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>::iterator' to 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>::size_type' {aka 'long unsigned int'}
 1247 |       operator[] (size_type __pos) const _GLIBCXX_NOEXCEPT
      |                   ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/basic_string.h:1265:7: note: candidate: 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::reference std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::operator[](size_type) [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>; reference = char&; size_type = long unsigned int]'
 1265 |       operator[](size_type __pos)
      |       ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/basic_string.h:1265:28: note:   no known conversion for argument 1 from 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>::iterator' to 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>::size_type' {aka 'long unsigned int'}
 1265 |       operator[](size_type __pos)
      |                  ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~