string to (const char*)

[mather]

this maybe a stupid question, but is there a way to convert a string to a const char*.

Problem is that the input i recieve is string but the libraries in need to use, wants const char*

 

[abbeman]

There is a string::c_str() method, it returns a c-style string equivalent to the string.

eg
string str("hello"

printf("%s\n", str.c_str());

if you want to use it in place and have a function func() that returns a string you can always do something like:

printf("%s\n", func().c_str());

 

[mather]

thanks for the help.

 

[abbeman]

No prob =)