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====== orxSTRINGs, strings and chars ======

Orx has orxSTRINGs and a nice bunch of functions for performing all sorts of string tricks. Lots of orx functions require an orxSTRING type as a parameter, and so it's important to know how to get other string types like char arrays and STL strings (std::string) into orxSTRING format.



===== char[] to orxSTRING =====

<code c>
	char someCharArray[] = "Honey Bees";

	orxSTRING anOrxString = someCharArray;
</code>


===== std::string to orxSTRING =====

<code c>
	std::string pieceOfString = "Honey Bees";

	orxSTRING anOrxString = (orxCHAR*)pieceOfString.c_str();
</code>


===== std::stringstream to orxSTRING =====

<code c>
	std::stringstream aStringStream;
	aStringStream << "Letters " << 1 << " and numbers " << 999;
	std::string pieceOfString = aStringStream.str();

	orxSTRING anOrxString = (orxCHAR*)pieceOfString.c_str();
</code>

===== orxSTRING to std::string =====

<code c>
	const orxSTRING orxStr = orxObject_GetName(someObject);

	std::string pieceOfString = orxStr;
</code>


Conversion isn't always necessary, but sometimes you do need to. So this is a handy reference to keep around.

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