How can I convert a std::basic_string type to an array of char type?

Question

I get the following error when this code is run:

syslog(LOG_ERR | LOG_USER, \"%s\",errorString);

cannot convert ‘const string {a

Answer 1

I found that std::basic_string has an item access method c_str() which seems to fix the compiling issue.

Here is a site with more information: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/string/basic_string