const wchar_t* to a char array

[CameroKid]

How would I go about converting a const wchar_t * variable to a character array?

[Ion Dune]

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c8* convertTochar(const wchar_t* w)
{
	size_t count = 255;
	c8* c = (char*)malloc( 255 );
	wcstombs(c, w, count);
	return c;
}

[CameroKid]

perfect, thanks.

[stevend]

another way would be to use the built in string functions with irrlicht.

wchar_t -> character array

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irr::core::string <char> converter;

converter = some_wide_char;
converter.c_str();

character array -> wchar_t

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irr::core::string <wchar_t> converter;

converter = some_char_array;
converter.c_str();

[hybrid]

That works for the usual ASCII set only, though, or at least is highly unportable. It's used in several examples, though, and is fine for most simple things. I think I'll have to add some partial template specialization to handle this in a clean way. Just need to make this compile on all platforms somehow...