convert char to string

[nuttynibbles]

hi i noe this may sound simple but im having problem in converting char to string.

string get_currenttime(){
time_t rawtime;
string s1,
stringstream ss;
struct tm * timeinfo;
char buffer [80];

time ( &rawtime );
timeinfo = localtime ( &rawtime );
strftime (buffer,80,"%c",timeinfo); // result: Mon Nov 30 22:08:52 2009

ss << buffer;
ss >> s1; //result: Mon
}

From the above code which i found online, i need to convert the data in buffer to string. i tried using stringstream but results are not complete. See above for example

[Lost User]

You don't need the stringstream variable. Just use

s1 = buffer;

and it will create a string from the contents of buffer.

[_Superman_]

The difference in result that you see is because the >> operator will get characters only till a newline or space character. You could use the getline function to get the entire result. But the solution suggested by Richard MacCutchan is simple and the best.

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