How to convert std::wstring to a TCHAR*?

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How to convert a std::wstring to a TCHAR*? std::wstring.c_str() does not work since it returns a wchar_t*.

How do I get from wchar_t* to TCHAR*, or from std::wstring to TCHAR*?

Answer

SaeidMo7 picture SaeidMo7 · Jan 3, 2016

use this :

wstring str1(L"Hello world");
TCHAR * v1 = (wchar_t *)str1.c_str();

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