Converting AnsiString to Char......

[LoneRanger123]

there has got to be a function to do this....

I need a char pointer, and i need to make the string from my own "String of Text" and TEdit->Text property.

Any thoughts?

 

[LoneRanger123]

Is there any Site with lots of Info on AnsiStings, like if there are Char Functions to say... search for a character in a string
and stuff liek that, showing the String Equivilents?

 

[2ffat]

Take a look the c_str() method. For example,

AnsiString AString = "A String";
char cString[50];
cString = AString.c_str();

BTW, c_str() is a C++ keyword. There was an excellent article in July and August 1997 Builder's Developer Journal. You have to have a subscription to their magazine to see the back issues. See

http://www.reisdorph.com

for more info. James P. Cottingham

I am the Unknown lead by the Unknowing.
I have done so much with so little
for so long that I am now qualified
to do anything with nothing.

 

[LoneRanger123]

With that it says LValue Required on the line

cString = AString.c_str();

 

[2ffat]

Urk, that's what I get when I give advice when I'm tired. You cannot assign character arrays with the = sign. Use something like strcpy.
James P. Cottingham

I am the Unknown lead by the Unknowing.
I have done so much with so little
for so long that I am now qualified
to do anything with nothing.

 

[LoneRanger123]

ty, it works now

 

[dcelso]

Those code doesnt run, because in the c_string, the asign doesnt copy the string, only point to the fist character of the memory that have the string. YOU MUST USE THE strcpy(), of the string library <string.h>.
The correct mode is:
AnsiString AString = &quot;A String&quot;;
char cString[50];
strcpi(cString,AString.c_str());

 

[nenuknifer]

Like this:

char *ptr_new = new char[Text.Length()+1];
strcpy(ptr_new, Text.c_str());

you should declare Text to be AnsiString.