The Yang solution worked, thanks a lot ; ) Adriano Crestani
On 1/25/07, Jean-Sebastien Delfino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Adriano Crestani wrote: > OK, but when I try to do it: > > char* namePtr = (char*) name.c_str; > > I get this error message: > > Error 36 error C2440: 'type cast' : cannot convert from 'const char > *(__thiscall std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>::* )(void) const' to > 'char > *' > > I suppose that isn't allowed to cast from const to not const type. > > Adriano Crestani > Try this: char* namePtr = (char*) name.c_str(); I added () at the end, your code was trying to convert a pointer to the name.c_str method to a char* :) Some C++ compilers may complain with such a cast so you can also try this: char* namePtr = const_cast<char *>(name.c_str()); -- Jean-Sebastien --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
