Convert String to unsigned char

[twhitma1]

Hi Everyone,
This should be pretty simple but I'm just not getting it. I am trying to bring a string variable into a method, then assign that String variable into a unsigned char but I'm not sure how to convert it. Here is the code: unsigned char szStr[25] = dbServer;

The value of dbServer is 12.12.12.12 and when I try:

unsigned char szStr[25] = "12.12.12.12";
it works. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

[twhitma1]

Actually, I'm thinking the best way to do this is to:
1.) Find the string length
2.) Loop through the string
3.) Assign each char ripped out of the string to szStr[0], szStr[1]...szStr[n]

This would also enable me to set the correct length of the vector, no more, no less. I will post back with my code once this works. Thanks!

[Lindley]

Assuming the string you pass in uses char as its underlying character type, you can just reinterpret_cast the char* to an unsigned char*. Normally reinterpret_cast is frowned upon, but it wouldn't make a difference here.

If there's any possibility that the string might be using wchar_ts as the underlying type, you can't do that.