C++ string: Invalid pointer error

Question

I am getting an invalid pointer error when I call the below function. Why is this happening?

void Get(const char* value)
{
    string st(\"testing string\");
            


        

Answer 1

I see two mistakes:

• You assign a val.c_str() to a pointer that is local to GetVal();
• val is destroyed at the end of GetVal(), so the pointer value would be invalid anyway.