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AndyAndroid
AndyAndroid

Reputation: 4069

C++ beginner String pointer in visual studio

Referring to https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/815657 there in the code they write

String *sURL = S"http://www.microsoft.com";

I assume this defines a pointer and not a normal object compared to 

String sURL

Correct? But what is the "S" before the actual string?

Visual Studio tells me that this line of code is wrong, it is saying

an ordinary pointer to a C++/CLI ref class or Interface class is not allowed

What do they mean with that? I use visual Studio 2015.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 403

Answers (1)

The Apache
The Apache

Reputation: 1074

First thing, this is not plain c++. It is C++/CLI (C++ modified for Common Language Infrastructure) which is a language specification created by Microsoft and intended to supersede Managed Extensions for C++.

So, when you have a pointer in a normal statement like the one mentioned above, you got to change the syntax in CLI

String ^sURL = S"http://www.microsoft.com";

And the Syou used in front of the actual string is present there for typecast the std::string to the System::String

Upvotes: 1

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