Thread: sstream and LPSTR

  1. #1
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    sstream and LPSTR

    I need to convert a str value from a sstream to LPSTR but I have no clue how.

    Hers my code:

    Code:
            float currenttime = (float)GetTickCount();
            float deltatime = currenttime - lasttime * 0.001f;
            outs << deltatime;
            LPSTR test = outs.str();  //Error line
            SetWindowText(eng.window, test);
    The error says:

    error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'std::basic_ostringstream<_Elem,_Traits,_Alloc>::_ Mystr' to 'LPSTR'

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    a couple ways to solve your problem - neither use LPSTR
    Code:
    		std::string test = outs.str();  
    		SetWindowText(eng.window, test.c_str());
      OR
    		SetWindowText(eng.window, outs.str().c_str());

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    str().c_str() will return a const char*, which is what LPCSTR is. This is different than LPSTR, which is just a char*.

    In this case it should be ok, since SetWindowText actually takes an LPCTSTR (which is just an LPCSTR for your program if you don't use Unicode).

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