From: "Tom" <thomasbd AT erols DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Convert from basic_string to char *...
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 17:50:17 -0400
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The above program didn't work, but I still want to know how to do the bottom
one.  Thanks.  And also add the following to the top:

#include <fstream>
#include <string>

Tom <thomasbd AT erols DOT com> wrote in message
news:7tb6c9$770$1 AT autumn DOT news DOT rcn DOT net...
> Is it possible to convert a string that was obtained using getline into a
> char *?  I know how to convert regular strings to char * but when I try a
> line obtained from getline it says it can't convert basic_string to char
*.
>
> _________________________
> int main()
> {
> char *test1 = "hello";
> string test2= "hi";
>
> cout << test1 << endl;
> cout << test2 << endl;
>
> test1 = test2;
>
> cout << test1;
> return 0;
> }
> _______________________________
>
> The above program works.  I want to do the following without errors.
>
> int main()
> {
> string s;
> char *b[500];
> int n = 0;
>
> ifstream inputfile("text.txt");
> while ( getline( inputfile, s) )
> {
> b[++n] = s;
> cout << b[n] << endl;
> }
> return 0;
> }
> ___________________
>
> Is this possbile?  Thanks.
>
>