const char* to char*

C++ Syntax  ( Toggle Plain Text )

    
    
    
    

     
     
     
     
 
      
 
       char 
        *FileExt = const_cast< 
       char*> 
         
       ( 
        path. 
       c_str 
       ( 
       ) 
         
       ) 
       ; 
        
      
    
    
    
    

If   you ' re   not   sure   whether   the   function   will   modify   the   string   or   not ,   you   have no   choice   but   to   create   a  C-style  string   copy:

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       char 
        *FileExt =  
       new 
         
       char 
       [ 
       path. 
       size 
       ( 
       ) 
        + 
        
       1 
       ] 
       ; 
        
      
     
     
     
     
 
      
 
       std:: 
       strcpy 
         
       ( 
        FileExt, 
        path. 
       c_str 
       ( 
       ) 
         
       ) 
       ; 
        
      
    
    
    
    

strcpy   is   declared   in   < cstring > .

> oh   and   by   the   way   ive   tried   casting   it   using   static_cast
static_cast   doesn ' t   remove   qualifiers ,   which   is   a   very   good   thing   because   you have   to   actively   choose   const_cast ,   and   therefore   can ' t   do   it   by   accident.