Get bytes from std::string in C++

Question

I\'m working in a C++ unmanaged project.

I need to know how can I take a string like this \"some data to encrypt\" and get a byte[] array which I\'m gonna use as the

Answer 1

If this is just plain vanilla C, then:

strcpy(buffer, text.c_str());

Assuming that buffer is allocated and large enough to hold the contents of 'text', which is the assumption in your original code.

If encrypt() takes a 'const char *' then you can use

encrypt(text.c_str())

and you do not need to copy the string.