Converting textBox1 to a Character Type

[Tomoko Kuroki]

How can I convert a textBox to a character type?
I know how to convert it to an int which is:

  Convert::ToInt32(textBox1->Text);

example of a character type is char32_t and wchar_t
I am using C++/Cli

[coder777]

The type textBox1->Text is System::String ^.
What do you mean by character type?

[Tomoko Kuroki]

A character type is a char or char32_t and wchar_t

[Tomoko Kuroki]

textbox is a string
im basically saying how can i comvert a string to a character type

[coder777]

Are you asking how to convert to c++ std::string?

if so you need marshal_as<std::wstring>:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384859.aspx

#include <msclr/marshal.h>
#include <msclr/marshal_cppstd.h>

...

wstring str = msclr::interop::marshal_as<std::wstring>(textBox1->Text);