Question

I try to include unsigned char variable into std::string.it throws compiletime error.

unsigned char* SrvName;
std::string m_sSMTPSrvName;
//srvName contains "207.45.255.45"

m_sSMTPSrvName.insert(0, SrvName);

Error

   error C2664: 'std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax> &std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>::insert(unsigned int,const std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax> &)' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const unsigned char *' to 'const std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax> &'

Answer 1

Why do you use unsigned char* in the first place?

Anyway, if SrvName is null-terminated, you can do:

    std::string m_sSMTPSrvName=reinterpret_cast<const char*>(SrvName);

Or if you know SrvName‘s length, you can do:

    std::string m_sSMTPSrvName(SrvName, SrvName + Length);

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EDIT:

After reading your new comment, looks like what you actually want is to convert the numbers in the array to a string that represents an IP address. You can do it this way:

#include <sstream>

for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
    std::stringstream out;
    out << (int)SrvName[i];
    m_sSMTPSrvName += out.str();

    if (i < 3)
    {
        m_sSMTPSrvName += ".";
    }
}