How to convert a char array to a string?

Question

Converting a C++ string to a char array is pretty straightorward using the c_str function of string and then doing strcpy. However, ho

Answer 1

#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
  char *tmp = (char *)malloc(128);
  int n=sprintf(tmp, "Hello from Chile.");

  string tmp_str = tmp;


  cout << *tmp << " : is a char array beginning with " <

OUT:

H : is a char array beginning with 17 chars long

Hello from Chile. :is a string with 17 chars long