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Function `std.string.toStringz`


						
				immutable(char)* toStringz
				(
				

				  scope const(char)[] s
				

				) pure nothrow @trusted;

Parameters

Name	Description
s	A D-style string.

Returns

A C-style null-terminated string equivalent to s. s must not contain embedded '\0''s as any C function will treat the first '\0' that it sees as the end of the string. If s.empty is true, then a string containing only '\0' is returned.

Important Note: When passing a char* to a C function, and the C function keeps it around for any reason, make sure that you keep a reference to it in your D code. Otherwise, it may become invalid during a garbage collection cycle and cause a nasty bug when the C code tries to use it.

Example

import core.stdc.string : strlen;
import std.conv : to;

auto p = toStringz("foo");
writeln(strlen(p)); // 3
const(char)[] foo = "abbzxyzzy";
p = toStringz(foo[3 .. 5]);
writeln(strlen(p)); // 2

string test = "";
p = toStringz(test);
writeln(*p); // 0

test = "\0";
p = toStringz(test);
writeln(*p); // 0

test = "foo\0";
p = toStringz(test);
assert(p[0] == 'f' && p[1] == 'o' && p[2] == 'o' && p[3] == 0);

const string test2 = "";
p = toStringz(test2);
writeln(*p); // 0

assert(toStringz([]) is toStringz(""));

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, Jonathan M Davis, and David L. 'SpottedTiger' Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.