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reply Lutger <lutger.blijdestijn gmail.com> writes:
Where can I find the function to convert from c-style string to a normal D 
string? It used to be toString in std.string, but that one is deprecated.

Thanks.
Oct 11 2010
parent reply "Lars T. Kyllingstad" <public kyllingen.NOSPAMnet> writes:
On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:46:26 +0200, Lutger wrote:


 Where can I find the function to convert from c-style string to a normal
 D string? It used to be toString in std.string, but that one is
 deprecated.
 
 Thanks.



import std.conv;

const char* cString;
string dString = to!string(cString)

-Lars
Oct 11 2010
next sibling parent reply Lutger <lutger.blijdestijn gmail.com> writes:
Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:


 On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:46:26 +0200, Lutger wrote:
 

 Where can I find the function to convert from c-style string to a normal
 D string? It used to be toString in std.string, but that one is
 deprecated.
 
 Thanks.



 import std.conv;
 
 const char* cString;
 string dString = to!string(cString)
 
 -Lars



Oh wow, I didn't knew that would work. Awesome.
Oct 11 2010
parent Tomek =?UTF-8?B?U293acWEc2tp?= <just ask.me> writes:
Lars T. Kyllingstad napisał:


 I don't think it works the other way, though, you still have to use
 std.string.toStringz().



Most (all?) conversions in std.conv implement the whole round-trip, there's no
reason for 
string <-> char* to be any different. File a bug and see what happens.

-- 
Tomek
Oct 11 2010
prev sibling parent "Lars T. Kyllingstad" <public kyllingen.NOSPAMnet> writes:
On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:00:37 +0200, Lutger wrote:


 Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
 

 On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:46:26 +0200, Lutger wrote:
 

 Where can I find the function to convert from c-style string to a
 normal D string? It used to be toString in std.string, but that one is
 deprecated.
 
 Thanks.



 import std.conv;
 
 const char* cString;
 string dString = to!string(cString)
 
 -Lars



 Oh wow, I didn't knew that would work. Awesome.



I don't think it works the other way, though, you still have to use 
std.string.toStringz().

-Lars
Oct 11 2010