In my project there is a method which only returns a const char*, whereas I need a char* string, as the API doesn't accept const char*. Any idea how to convert between const char* to char*?

The only way I know is: #include <sstream> #include <string.h> using namespace std; int main() { int number=33; stringstream strs; strs << number; string temp_str = strs.str...

Normally, I would return a std::string from a function because returning a const char* would require the caller to provide an output memory buffer, and that buffer is not resizable. But is r...

I am extending Python with some C++ code. One of the functions I'm using has the following signature: int PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(PyObject *arg, PyObject *kwdict, char *format, char **kwlist...

I'm trying to write a program in C++, which creates some files (.txt) and writes down the result in them. The problem is that an amount of these files is not fixed at the beginning and only appears...

This question relates directly to using char as a key in stdmap. I understand what the compare function passed in does and why its required for char * types as a key. However, I'm uncertain as how...

i'm new to c++ and have a lack of understanding why this code works well: string GetString(string promt) { cout << promt << ": "; string temp; getline(cin, temp); return temp; } ...

I have seen people using 2 methods to declare and define char *. Medhod 1: The header file has the below extern const char* COUNTRY_NAME_USA = "USA"; Medhod 2: The header file has the below dec...

I am stuck in a printf problem. I would appreciate if I can get some help here: In the below code, I can see the font family get displaced correctly in first printf(), but if I set it to variable, ...

It seems that strtol() and strtod() effectively allow (and force) you to cast away constness in a string: #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> int main() { const char *foo = "Hello...