Convert stringc to normal char array

[Dragfang]

I want to convert a stringc to a normal char, since I'm using <fstream> to handle configuration text-files. I'm making a game and I want the user to be able to choose which maps he wants to play. This is done using a box called MAP_BOX.

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    core::stringc mappath;
    mappath += "maps/";
    mappath += root->getElementFromId(MAP_BOX, true)->getText();
    mappath += ".obj"

	scene::IAnimatedMesh* mapmesh = smgr->getMesh(mappath);

    char filespath[50];
    filespath = mappath???
    writefile.open(filespath);

This works great, but I now want to use <fstream> to make a .txt file for configuration data. Thing is, I can't use the stringc-string to create the .txt-file, therefor I need to convert the stringc to a char[];

[Mel]

Use the c_str() method.

[Dragfang]

Thx for the fast reply

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char filespath[50];
filespath = mappath.c_str();

Like that? Im getting an error in Dev-C++ saying "incompatible types in assignment of `const irr::c8*' to `char[50]' " using the code above.

[Mel]

No, forget the array, just use mappath.c_str() to open the file.

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writefile.open(mappath.c_str());

And i would recomend you to switch to code::blocks also

[Dragfang]

Ah, works perfectly. Thank you!

I'll take a look into code::blocks, thx for the tip!