argv[1] to normal string

[Barney Calhoun]

If the user starts my application with:
application argument , then argv[1] will contain the argument,am I right?I need to convert argv[1] to a normal string,so that I can use it in the program,does anyone know how I can do this?
thanks in advance for any help

[riis]

As far as I know argv[1] is a normal string (as is any argv[n]).
You can do strlen, atof, whatever with it, but maybe not operations like strcat or strcpy(argv[1], blah) (although I haven't tested it).

[parksie]

The incoming argv pointer should technically be a const, although you can get away with changing it on some systems.

Moral of the story: Don't.

[Barney Calhoun]

I just did string str;str=string(argv[1]); and it works fine,so now I can do all the string stuff with it and change it What a bliss

[parksie]

For efficiency, try:

string str(argv[1]);

Just make sure there are enough args though