How to put c++ string into char aray

Question

If I have something like

char name[10];

and I want to put the string s into name, where s = "joe"

how would I do that?

Also, can I make a function that takes strings as inputs, but treats those as char arrays?

Answer 1

strcpy() will generally get the job done. strncpy() is better, if available.

Answer 2

std::string has a c_str member that converts it to const char*. To copy from one char array to another use strcpy.

Answer 3

strcpy (&name, s.c_str());

Answer 4

If you have a C++ string, you can call its c_str() method to get a char *, suitable for using with strcpy(), defined in <cstring>.

Answer 5

std::memcpy(name, str.c_str(), str.size() + 1);