The question is how to convert wstring to string?
I have next example :
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
std::wstring ws = L"Hello";
std::string s( ws.begin(), ws.end() );
//std::cout <<"std::string = "<<s<<std::endl;
std::wcout<<"std::wstring = "<<ws<<std::endl;
std::cout <<"std::string = "<<s<<std::endl;
}
the output with commented out line is :
std::string = Hello
std::wstring = Hello
std::string = Hello
but without is only :
std::wstring = Hello
Is anything wrong in the example? Can I do the conversion like above?
EDIT
New example (taking into account some answers) is
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <locale>
int main()
{
setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
const std::wstring ws = L"Hello";
const std::string s( ws.begin(), ws.end() );
std::cout<<"std::string = "<<s<<std::endl;
std::wcout<<"std::wstring = "<<ws<<std::endl;
std::stringstream ss;
ss << ws.c_str();
std::cout<<"std::stringstream = "<<ss.str()<<std::endl;
}
The output is :
std::string = Hello
std::wstring = Hello
std::stringstream = 0x860283c
therefore the stringstream can not be used to convert wstring into string.
Here is a worked-out solution based on the other suggestions:
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <clocale>
#include <locale>
#include <vector>
int main() {
std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
const std::wstring ws = L"ħëłlö";
const std::locale locale("");
typedef std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, std::mbstate_t> converter_type;
const converter_type& converter = std::use_facet<converter_type>(locale);
std::vector<char> to(ws.length() * converter.max_length());
std::mbstate_t state;
const wchar_t* from_next;
char* to_next;
const converter_type::result result = converter.out(state, ws.data(), ws.data() + ws.length(), from_next, &to[0], &to[0] + to.size(), to_next);
if (result == converter_type::ok or result == converter_type::noconv) {
const std::string s(&to[0], to_next);
std::cout <<"std::string = "<<s<<std::endl;
}
}
This will usually work for Linux, but will create problems on Windows.