convert string to const char

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Hello. for my program I need to change a string into a const char ( for opendir )

...
string uhome=getenv("HOME");
string dir1="/Desktop";
const char *findir=uhome+dir1;
const char *curdir=findir;
dir=opendir(curdir);
...

thanks in advance

and yes i have searched the forums :S

[Branflakes91093]

string::cstr

...
string findir = uhome + dir1;
dir = opendir(findir.c_str());

[zb0S216C]

Branflakes91093 has the right idea. Using the method: c.str( ), which is a member method of string, will give you a C-string equivalent of the string object.

See here: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/c_str/

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Thank you :)