C++/CLI Converting from System::String^ to std::string

Question

Can someone please post a simple code that would convert,

System::String^ 

To,

C++ std::string

I.e., I just want to assign the value of,

String^ originalString; 

To,

std::string newString; 

Answer 1

Don't roll your own, use these handy (and extensible) wrappers provided by Microsoft.

For example:

#include <msclr\marshal_cppstd.h>  System::String^ managed = "test"; std::string unmanaged = msclr::interop::marshal_as<std::string>(managed); 

Answer 2

You can easily do this as follows

#include <msclr/marshal_cppstd.h>  System::String^ xyz="Hi boys";   std::string converted_xyz=msclr::interop::marshal_as< std::string >( xyz);