convert unsigned char* to std::string

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Cyril picture Cyril · Jul 19, 2013 · Viewed 91.8k times · Source

I am little poor in typecasting. I have a string in xmlChar* (which is unsigned char*), I want to convert this unsigned char to a std::string type.

xmlChar* name = "Some data";

I tried my best to typecast , but I couldn't find a way to convert it.

Answer

sasha.sochka picture sasha.sochka · Jul 19, 2013 
std::string sName(reinterpret_cast<char*>(name));

reinterpret_cast<char*>(name) casts from unsigned char* to char* in an unsafe way but that's the one which should be used here. Then you call the ordinary constructor of std::string.

You could also do it C-style (not recommended):

std::string sName((char*) name);

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