Thread: string to char

Code:

string verify;
char yn;
cin >> verify;
string subverify = verify.substr(0,1);
// yn = subverify --how?

Once I accept user input (string verify) what would be the best way to assign the substring to char yn?
Basically this was a way to accept ANY user input, and then use (tolower(subverify)) on the char prior to the conditional...

I found another (better) way to do what I wanted to but the question remains unanswered, how would I have done this typecasted assignment from subverify to yn?
Maybe there is a way to initialize char yn with a the value in subverify? or other shorter method with a totally different setup than above?