Converting a void* to a std::string

Question

After perusing the web and messing around myself, I can\'t seem to convert a void*\'s target (which is a string) to a std::string. I\'ve tried using sprintf(buffer, \"

Answer 1

Based on your comment "What I meant was to convert what the void* is pointing to (which is a string) into a string."

Assuming you have this:

std::string str = ...;
void *ptr = &str;

You can just cast back to the string:

std::string *pstr = static_cast(ptr);

Note that it is on you to verify that ptr actually points to a std::string. If you are mistaken and it points to something else, this will cause undefined behavior.