cstring to string

[mr_empty]

hi all,

how to convert cstring to string?
thanks!

[Salem]

I'd look in the manual for a suitable cstring method...
Or you could ask Santa to help

[Fordy]

You can access the inner string on CString (I'm assuming you mean the MFC/ATL version) with GetString.

Be very careful though...std::string is often used with 1 byte chars....CString can also be unicode and GetString returns a PCXSTR

[Elysia]

Depends on what you do. GetString is rarely, if ever, used.
If you need a const TCHAR*, then all you need to do is pass the object and it will automatically call CString's const TCHAR* function.
If you need a buffer to write to, you call GetBuffer with appropriate size. This will return TCHAR*, so you can write to it. Don't forget to call ReleaseBuffer later to make sure the CString class can handle the new string you've copied into the buffer.

[Codeplug]

Use CStringA for a GetString() that returns const char*.
Use CStringW for a GetString() that returns const wchar*.
Use CString for GetString() that returns const TCHAR*.

gg

[Elysia]

You don't need to call GetString() to get a const TCHAR*. The operator const TCHAR* is automatically invoked when you need to pass a const TCHAR* string somewhere. Just pass the CString object itself.