How do I cast a char Array[] to a const char* ?

[Unregistered]

Hi,
I m working on a console MP3 player using the FMOD Sound Library. In this library, the function to open an MP3 file has this signature:
FSOUND_Stream_OpenFile(const char *filename);
In my MP3 player, I would like the user to be able to input the filepath and name of the song he/she wants to play, and the Player to open the respective song.

I thought the code could look like this:

//...
char PathInput[30];
cout << "Please enter the name of the song (incl. path) you want to open." << endl;
cin.getline(PathInput, 30);
FSOUND_Stream_OpenFile(PathInput);
//...

However, this code does not work, since the function needs a const char*, and not a char*. Is there anyway of casting the char* to a const char*, i.e. making the compiler think that what it is passing in to FSOUND_Stream_OpenFile is a const char*?

If this isn't possible, is there a way of converting the char* to a const char*?

Any help or suggestion is greatly appreciated!!!

MCMalayalam

[Stoned_Coder]

FSOUND_Stream_OpenFile(const PathInput);

[larry]

Include <string> library. Create a string type variable. Use this variable with getline function. Pass return value of your_variable_name.c_str() function to FSOUND_Stream_OpenFile(PathInput) function as a PathInput parameter. Advantage: you don't have to worry about size limit (e.g. 30). If you need code, I'll try to write it.