Problem assignin an int to a char * to a string

[freeurmind]

hello all i have a problem assigning an int to a char pointer and then to a string is there a way to do that i'm trying this:

string message;
int Af = 12;
char * field2 = new char [2];
field2 = (char *) Af;
message += field2;

When building it doesnt show an error but on debug it gives me:
First-chance exception at 0x00404150 in DataConverter.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000.
Unhandled exception at 0x00404150 in DataConverter.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000.
The program '[5840] DataConverter.exe: Native' has exited with code 0 (0x0).

if i can directly assign the integer to the string it would be better.

[scruggsy]

string message;
int Af = 12;
char * field2 = new char [2];
field2 = (char *) Af;

This code isn't doing what you think. It is trying to make field2 point to memory location 12.
You need to convert each of the digits of Af into their ASCII representations and store them in field2.
You could use itoa() to do that, although it's deprecated in C++. Writing your own function to do it isn't difficult.

[weaknessforcats]

hello all i have a problem assigning an int to a char pointer and then to a string is there a way to do that i'm trying this:

The larger question is why do you wnat to do this? These are incompatible data types. Is it your intent to write code that crashes?