converting narrow string to wide string

Question

How can i convert a narrow string to a wide string ?

I have tried this method :

string myName;
getline( cin , myName );
wst         


        

Answer 1

Use mbtowc():

string myName;
wchar_t wstr[BUFFER_SIZE];

getline( cin , myName );
mbtowc(wstr, myName, BUFFER_SIZE);