wchar_t wstring char string transformations

[Adrian Cornish]

Hi all,

Is there a portable way of transforming a wchar_t to a char and/or
wstring to a string.

Are there any gurantees for the layout of a wchar_t, like every other
byte is a char?

I am not worried about data loss.

Also is the output of this program guranteed to work as I expect. Its
seems fine on g++ but C++ Builder 6 does not output anything to wcout.
Is this a compiler issue?

This is what I expect:-

And the bit in brackets [have been sent to wcout] instead of cout
And the bit in brackets [have been sent to wcout] instead of cout
And the bit in brackets [have been sent to wcout] instead of cout

and C++ Builder give me:-

And the bit in brackets [] instead of cout
And the bit in brackets [] instead of cout
And the bit in brackets [] instead of cout

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
wchar_t *wptr=L"has been sent to wcout";
std::wstring wstr(wptr);

std::cout << "And the bit in brackets [";
std::wcout << wptr;
std::cout << "] instead of cout" << std::endl;

std::cout << "And the bit in brackets [";
std::wcout << wstr;
std::cout << "] instead of cout" << std::endl;

std::cout << "And the bit in brackets [";
std::wcout << wstr.c_str();
std::cout << "] instead of cout" << std::endl;
return 0;
}
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Adrian Cornish

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[lredmond]

there is a function mbstowcs, this converts a multi nte string to a wide
character string and wcstombs does the reverse. You will need to include
stdlib.h or cstdlib

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Hi all,

Is there a portable way of transforming a wchar_t to a char and/or
wstring to a string.

Are there any gurantees for the layout of a wchar_t, like every other
byte is a char?

I am not worried about data loss.

Also is the output of this program guranteed to work as I expect. Its
seems fine on g++ but C++ Builder 6 does not output anything to wcout.
Is this a compiler issue?

This is what I expect:-

And the bit in brackets [have been sent to wcout] instead of cout
And the bit in brackets [have been sent to wcout] instead of cout
And the bit in brackets [have been sent to wcout] instead of cout

and C++ Builder give me:-

And the bit in brackets [] instead of cout
And the bit in brackets [] instead of cout
And the bit in brackets [] instead of cout

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
wchar_t *wptr=L"has been sent to wcout";
std::wstring wstr(wptr);

std::cout << "And the bit in brackets [";
std::wcout << wptr;
std::cout << "] instead of cout" << std::endl;

std::cout << "And the bit in brackets [";
std::wcout << wstr;
std::cout << "] instead of cout" << std::endl;

std::cout << "And the bit in brackets [";
std::wcout << wstr.c_str();
std::cout << "] instead of cout" << std::endl;
return 0;
}
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Adrian Cornish

BlueDreamer Ltd
Phone: [phone]
Mobile: [phone]
Website: www.bluedreamer.com

[Adrian Cornish]

lredmond wrote:

there is a function mbstowcs, this converts a multi nte string to a wide
character string and wcstombs does the reverse. You will need to include
stdlib.h or cstdlib

Thanks, just what I was looking for.

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Adrian Cornish

BlueDreamer Ltd
Phone: [phone]
Mobile: [phone]
Website: www.bluedreamer.com