I would like to convert string
to char
array but not char*
. I know how to convert string to char*
(by using malloc
or the way I posted it in my code) - but that's not what I want. I simply want to convert string
to char[size]
array. Is it possible?
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
// char to string
char tab[4];
tab[0] = 'c';
tab[1] = 'a';
tab[2] = 't';
tab[3] = '\0';
string tmp(tab);
cout << tmp << "\n";
// string to char* - but thats not what I want
char *c = const_cast<char*>(tmp.c_str());
cout << c << "\n";
//string to char
char tab2[1024];
// ?
return 0;
}
Simplest way I can think of doing it is:
string temp = "cat";
char tab2[1024];
strcpy(tab2, temp.c_str());
For safety, you might prefer:
string temp = "cat";
char tab2[1024];
strncpy(tab2, temp.c_str(), sizeof(tab2));
tab2[sizeof(tab2) - 1] = 0;
or could be in this fashion:
string temp = "cat";
char * tab2 = new char [temp.length()+1];
strcpy (tab2, temp.c_str());