From: "Randy" <umgrang0 AT cc DOT umanitoba DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Convert String to char *
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 21:29:36 -0500
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Or .data(), I don't know the difference between that and .c_str() if any.

Forsberg Sakari wrote in message <7vn8q9$bog$1 AT baker DOT cc DOT tut DOT fi>...
>Nicolas Blais <nicblais AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
>> How do I convert a String to a character array *?
>
>errr.... I remember a function c_str()
>
>string tempstring = "hiiohei";
>char tempchar[20];
>strcpy( tempchar, tempstring.c_str() );
>
>just remember to check if the string is short enough
>or use
>
>int CHAR_LENGHT;
>string tempstring = "hiiohei";
>char tempchar[CHAR_LENGHT+1];
>strncpy( tempchar, tempstring.c_str(), CHAR_LENGHT );
>tempchar[CHAR_LENGHT] = '\0';
>
>or check string size with function size();
>
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