Conversion NSString to const char string[]

Question

I have one query related conversion I have one NSString object with content some string like below

NSString *string = @"do nothing";

Now I am trying to pass string in below code like

const char inputString[] =  string;

Xcode showing error

Array initializer must be an initializer list or string literal.

Is there any workaround for the same.

Thanks in advance,

Answer 1

The simpliest is to use UTF-8 conversion (which replaces the old and long deprecated - (const char *)cString method):

const char *Cstr = myObjCStr.UTF8String;

Answer 2

Try this

NSString *string = @"do nothing";
const char * inputString = [string UTF8String];

If you want to use other encoding,use this cStringUsingEncoding