^string conversions (string2char, char2string)^

				
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// Name: ^string conversions (string2char, char2string)^
// Description:This code will convert between string and char* datatypes. This code is very simplistic (3 lines of code for each conversion and that's including the function header). So far I have found absolutely no problems with these functions.
NOTE: this code will NOT work if you do not include the proper files below (standard VC++ library).
I am fairly certain these will work on other compilers, but I have only tested them on VC++ 6.0
The reason I developed these was because I did not know how to append characters to a char* type, but strings you just use +=. Since then, I have obviously figured out there are other methods to append characters on string. In my opinion, if you are doing a lot of appending, I would rather just use += rather than call a function everytime. Just my 2 cents.
// By: NDawg
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// Inputs:both functions take a string input.
char* string2char(string input)
string char2string(char* input)
depending on which way you are converting, you input the other kind of string.
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// Returns:The functions return the opposite string type as inputted.
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// Assumes:I assume you have basic knowledge of strings and how they work.
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#include <string>
#include <iostream.h>
using std::string;
//PROTOTYPES
char* string2char(string& input);
string char2string(char* input);
int main() {
	//here are some examples of use
	//NOTE: if you include iostream rather than iostream.h, you can
	//output string types directly with cout. If you do this, you
	//must also insert "using namespace std;" below the includes
	string string1 = "this is a string";
	char * string2 = "this is also a string";
	string temp = char2string(string2);
	cout << string2char(string1) << endl << string2char(temp) << endl;
	return 0;
}
/*
this function is actually just a typecasting... basically a dummy entry
if you can remember to use string(char*), you can avoid calling a
function
*/
string char2string(char* input) {
	return string(input);
}
//function that returns a non const char*
char* string2char(string input) {
	return const_cast<char*>(input.c_str());
}