CSimpleStringT::operator PCXSTR

Directly accesses characters stored in a CSimpleStringT object as a C-style string.

operator PCXSTR( ) const throw( );

Return Value

A character pointer to the string's data.

Remarks

No characters are copied; only a pointer is returned. Be careful with this operator. If you change a CString object after you have obtained the character pointer, you may cause a reallocation of memory that invalidates the pointer.

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of CSimpleStringT::operator PCXSTR.

// If the prototype of a function is known to the compiler,
// the PCXSTR cast operator may be invoked implicitly.

CSimpleString strSports(L"Soccer is Best!", pMgr);
WCHAR sz[1024];

wcscpy_s(sz, strSports);

// If the prototype isn't known or is a va_arg prototype,
// you must invoke the cast operator explicitly. For example,
// the va_arg part of a call to swprintf_s() needs the cast:

swprintf_s(sz, 1024, L"I think that %s!\n", (PCWSTR)strSports);

// While the format parameter is known to be an PCXSTR and
// therefore doesn't need the cast:

swprintf_s(sz, 1024, strSports);

// Note that some situations are ambiguous. This line will
// put the address of the strSports object to stdout:

wcout << strSports;

// while this line will put the content of the string out:

wcout << (PCWSTR)strSports;   

Requirements

Header: atlsimpstr.h

See Also

Reference

CSimpleStringT Class

Other Resources

CSimpleStringT Members