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const wchar_t* to a char array
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:49 am
by CameroKid
How would I go about converting a const wchar_t * variable to a character array?
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:00 am
by 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;
}
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:23 am
by CameroKid
perfect, thanks.
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:52 am
by 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();
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:39 am
by 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...