Question

How to assign a string to a char* (char pointer) in C++?

char *pw = some string

Answer 1

For constant initialization you can simply use

const char *pw = "mypassword";

if the string is stored in a variable, and you need to make a copy of the string then you can use strcpy() function

char *pw = new char(strlen(myvariable) + 1);
strcpy(pw, myvariable);
// use of pw
delete [] pw; // do not forget to free allocated memory