Copying pieces of char array to string

[foahchon]

Hi, I'm trying to write a class that will use ifstream to first extract a file's header into a char array, but then I want certain sections of that char array copied into a C++-style string (that is, the string class). Here's the code I have so far:

ifstream TheFile;
TheFile.open(OpenFileName,ios::in | ios::binary | ios::_Nocreate);
char *buffer = new char[512];
TheFile.read(buffer,512);
string Temp;

I would like to copy 4 characters from buffer[] starting at offset 0x100. How would I do this?

Thanks.

[Banfa]

char array[4];

memcpy(array, &buffer[0x100], 4);

[foahchon]

Thanks for you reply, but I wanted to copy some text from the buffer[] array to the string Temp. Is there a way to do this, or should I first copy some stuff from buffer[] to another temporary char array, and then convert that char array to a string?

[Banfa]

I think you need to copy to a tempary char array and then assign trhat to a string.

Don't forget to add a 0 terminator if it is a string that you are copying.