Convert FString to TCHAR

Development Programming & Scripting
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How do I convert a FString to a TCHAR?

Example: TCHAR * wavLink = MyTextVariable

Not working: TCHAR * wavLink = ANSI_TO_TCHAR(MyTextVariable);

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I get cannot convert from ‘const TCHAR *’ to 'TCHAR *

FString UWav::Wav(FString MyTextVariable)
{
	TCHAR* wavLink = *MyTextVariable;
	return "Done";
}
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Hi Taurian,

To convert an FString to a TCHAR array, all you need to do is dereference the FString variable. Using your example, this should work: TCHAR* wavLink = *MyTextVariable;

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Sorry, I forgot to include const in my code snippet. It should have read: const TCHAR* wavLink = *MyTextVariable;

The FString dereferences as a const TCHAR array because it is unsafe to make modifications to the array directly.

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Niiice. Thanks.

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Thx , it works

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/**
* Get pointer to the string
*
* @Return Pointer to Array of TCHAR if Num, otherwise the empty string
/
FORCEINLINE const TCHAR operator*() const
{
return Data.Num() ? Data.GetData() : TEXT(“”);
}

From UE4.19, it seems *FString can only work form num string.

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