How to convert String^ to char array [duplicate]

Answer 1

In C/C++ there is equivalence between char[] and char* : at runtime char[] is no more than a char* pointer to the first element of the array.

So you can use you char* where a char[] is expected :

#include 
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;

void display(char s[])
{
    std::cout << s << std::endl;
}

int main()
{
    String^ test = L"I am a .Net string of type System::String";
    IntPtr ptrToNativeString = Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi(test);
    char* nativeString = static_cast(ptrToNativeString.ToPointer());
    display(nativeString);
}

So I think you can accept Maurice's answer :)