#include
#include
using namespace std;
int main()
{
string s( "STRINGS" );
const char *ptr1 = 0;
int len = s.length();
char *ptr2 = new char[ len + 1 ]; // including null
ptr1 = s.data();
// copy characters out of string into allocated memory
s.copy( ptr2, len, 0 );
ptr2[ len ] = 0; // add null terminator
cout << s.c_str() << "\nptr1 is ";
for ( int k = 0; k < len; ++k )
cout << *( ptr1 + k ); // use pointer arithmetic
cout << "\nptr2 is " << ptr2 << endl;
delete [] ptr2;
return 0;
}