char* to a string in C#

Question

I\'m calling a function from a native DLL which returns a char* pointer, how can I convert the returned pointer to a string ? I tried :

char* c = f         


        

Answer 1

Update your P/Invoke declaration of your external function as such:

[DllImport ( "MyDll.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, EntryPoint = "Func" )]
[return : MarshalAs( UnmanagedType.LPStr )]
string Func ( ... );

This way you won't have to do extra work after you get the pointer.