Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From: manfred DOT heumann AT uni-bielefeld DOT de (Manni Heumann)
Subject: Re: Convert from basic_string to char *...
References: <7tb6c9$770$1 AT autumn DOT news DOT rcn DOT net> <7tb715$brq$1 AT autumn DOT news DOT rcn DOT net>
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In article <7tb715$brq$1 AT autumn DOT news DOT rcn DOT net>, "Tom" <thomasbd AT erols DOT com> wrote:
>The above program didn't work,...

I'm glad to hear that.

>... but I still want to know how to do the bottom
>one.  Thanks.  And also add the following to the top:
>

[SNIP]

To convert a string to a char* just use the member function .c_str():

string s="Hello";
const char *cp;   
cp=s.c_str();

The char* has to be const because you are not supposed to mess with the memory 
that belongs to the string.


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Manni