How to convert a string to a PWCHAR

[ycinar]

How can I convert a string (or a wstring) to a PWCHAR?

PWCHAR temp;

wstring wstr;

// Basically I want to do 
// temp = wstr
// but casting didnt work
// temp = PWCHAR (wstr) 
//  error C2440: 'type cast' : cannot convert from 'std::wstring' to 'PWCHAR'

Any help?

thanks

[weaknessforcats]

You cannot convert a wstring to a PWCHAR unless you allocate an array the sizeof the wstring and copy the wstring to it.

However, you can use the c_str() method fo wstring to expose the string as a const WCHAR. In this case you would:

[code=cpp]
wstring wstr;
PCWCH temp = wstr.c_str();
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