Need to convert a char array to std::wstring. How?

[Frnk Carleo]

I am looking to convert a char array defined as
char pstrInputClaim[]

to a std::wstring

trying to use the constructor as below

std::wstring strInputClaim(pstrInputClaim);
 

yields this error.

Error 2 error C2664: 'std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>::basic_strin g(std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>::_Has_debug _it)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char []' to 'std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>::_Has_debug_ it' c:\Facets\TRG_461\Applications\Meta\FEP\FEPAdapter \FEPAdapterWrapperCPP2\FEPAdapterMain.cpp 46

any help on how to convert a char array to wstring would be appreciated.

[Oralloy]

What kind of data are in pstrInputClaim ?

Are they wchar_t elements, just mislabeled, or do you have to do the conversion?

If they're mislabeled, you should be able to use something like:

std::wstring myne((wchar_t const*)(void const *)pstrInputClaim);

[weaknessforcats]

Try copying your wstring to an array of wchar_t using the wstring::c_str() method.

Then loop through the wchar_t array and copy the low byte to the same relative position in your char array.