How to convert char* to std::vector?

Question

I have a char* variable:

// char* buffer; // ... fread (buffer, 1, lSize, pFile); // ... 

How can I convert it to std::vector? Casting will get me an error.

Answer 1

std::vector<char> data(buffer, buffer + size); 

James McNellis answer is better if you can do it like that.

Answer 2

Why not use a std::vector to begin with:

std::vector<char> buffer(lSize); std::fread(&buffer[0], 1, buffer.size(), pFile);