没有人提到过sprintf?

std::string s;
char * c;
sprintf(c, "%s", s.c_str());

If you just want a C-style string representing the same content: char const* ca = str.c_str(); If you want a C-style string with new contents, one way (given that you don't know the string size at compile-time) is dynamic allocation: char* ca = new char[str.size()+1]; std::copy(str.begin(), str.end(), ca); ca[str.size()] = '\0'; Don't forget to delete[] it later. If you want a statically-allocated, limited-length array instead: size_t const MAX = 80; // maximum number of chars char ca[MAX] = {}; std::copy(str.begin(), (str.size() >= MAX ? str.begin() + MAX : str.end()), ca);

string不会隐式转换为这些类型，原因很简单，需要这样做通常是一种设计风格。确保你真的需要它。

如果你确实需要一个char*，最好的方法可能是:

vector<char> v(str.begin(), str.end());
char* ca = &v[0]; // pointer to start of vector

OOP风格的转换

converter.hpp

class StringConverter {
    public: static char * strToChar(std::string str);
};

converter.cpp

char * StringConverter::strToChar(std::string str)
{
    return (char*)str.c_str();
}

使用

StringConverter::strToChar("converted string")

你可以使用迭代器。

std::string str = "string";
std::string::iterator p=str.begin();
char* chr = &(*p);

祝你好运。

为了完整起见，不要忘记std::string::copy()。

std::string str = "string";
const size_t MAX = 80;
char chrs[MAX];

str.copy(chrs, MAX);

std::string::copy()不终止NUL。如果你需要确保在C字符串函数中使用NUL终止符:

std::string str = "string";
const size_t MAX = 80;
char chrs[MAX];

memset(chrs, '\0', MAX);
str.copy(chrs, MAX-1);

下面是Protocol Buffer的一个更健壮的版本

char* string_as_array(string* str)
{
    return str->empty() ? NULL : &*str->begin();
}

// test codes
std::string mystr("you are here");
char* pstr = string_as_array(&mystr);
cout << pstr << endl; // you are here