convert str variable to char*

[sangyarts]

problem in C++

-variable of type std::string called str

egl

std:string str; // declaration

str+ ""; // initialized to this.........nothing.

-we need to pass the value of this variable to a function which requires a variable of type char *.

egl

drawString(screen, font, o,o, str)

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-the easiest thing to do is convert the str variable to a char * type because alot of code has been written in the main () using std::string str and alot of code has been written in the drawSrting (....) function using char * str.
-we are currently using dev- C++ compiler.

-i believe there must be a siple way to convert but cannot come up with a solution

[ashitpro]

problem in C++

-variable of type std::string called str

egl

std:string str; // declaration

str+ ""; // initialized to this.........nothing.

-we need to pass the value of this variable to a function which requires a variable of type char *.

egl

drawString(screen, font, o,o, str)

?ª
-the easiest thing to do is convert the str variable to a char * type because alot of code has been written in the main () using std::string str and alot of code has been written in the drawSrting (....) function using char * str.
-we are currently using dev- C++ compiler.

-i believe there must be a siple way to convert but cannot come up with a solution

consider...
string temp;
You can convert it to char * using
temp.c_str();

[weaknessforcats]

std:string str; // declaration

str+ ""; // initialized to this.........nothing.

The string is already initialized by its cionstructor. You do not need to intialize it yourself. Besides, str+ "" does not change str anyway.