convert a char* to std::string

Question

I need to use an std::string to store data retrieved by fgets(). To do this I need to convert the char* return value from fgets(

Answer 1

Not sure why no one besides Erik mentioned this, but according to this page, the assignment operator works just fine. No need to use a constructor, .assign(), or .append().

std::string mystring;
mystring = "This is a test!";   // Assign C string to std:string directly
std::cout << mystring << '\n';