Non const variant of c_str()

I used this to convert from string to char

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const char * cpath = path.c_str();

1	const char * cpath = path.c_str();

now I found I need to trim the string but const denies to change it. So is there a variant which allows to change the variable?

If you don’t mind modifying a copy then you’ll need to copy it:

C++

char * cpath = new char[ path.size() ]; strcpy(cpath, path.c_str() ); //... delete[] cpath;

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char * cpath = new char[ path.size() ]; strcpy(cpath, path.c_str() ); //... delete[] cpath;

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