C++ Convert string (or char*) to wstring (or wchar_t*)

Question

string s = \"おはよう\";
wstring ws = FUNCTION(s, ws);

How would i assign the contents of s to ws?

Searched google and used some techniques but

Answer 1

This variant of it is my favourite in real life. It converts the input, if it is valid UTF-8, to the respective wstring. If the input is corrupted, the wstring is constructed out of the single bytes. This is extremely helpful if you cannot really be sure about the quality of your input data.

std::wstring convert(const std::string& input)
{
    try
    {
        std::wstring_convert> converter;
        return converter.from_bytes(input);
    }
    catch(std::range_error& e)
    {
        size_t length = input.length();
        std::wstring result;
        result.reserve(length);
        for(size_t i = 0; i < length; i++)
        {
            result.push_back(input[i] & 0xFF);
        }
        return result;
    }
}