Copying non null-terminated unsigned char array to std::string

Question

If the array was null-terminated this would be pretty straight forward:

unsigned char u_array[4] = { \'a\', \'s\', \'d\', \'\\0\' };
std::string str         


        

Answer 1

There is a still a problem when the string itself contains a null character and you try to subsequently print the string:

char c_array[4] = { 'a', 's', 'd', 0 };

std::string toto(array,4);
cout << toto << endl;  //outputs a 3 chars and a NULL char

However....

cout << toto.c_str() << endl; //will only print 3 chars.

Its times like these when you just want to ditch cuteness and use bare C.