Compare C-string of types char* and wchar_t*

Question

I have a key like:

wchar_t key[] = L"764frtfg88fgt320nolmo098vfr"; 

and a char* row[i] returned by a query from a Database.

I'd like to compare my Key with row[i]. I tried with

wcscmp (key,row[i]) != 0)

but it gives me an error. Any suggestions ?

Answer 1

This might help: C++ Convert string (or char*) to wstring (or wchar_t*)

As a summary:

#include <string>

wchar_t Key[] = L"764frtfg88fgt320nolmo098vfr";
std::wstring k(Key);

const char* text = "test"; // your row[i]
std::string t(text);
// only works well if the string being converted contains only ASCII characters.
std::wstring a(t.begin(), t.end()); 

if(a.compare(k) == 0)
{   
    std::cout << "same" << std::endl;
}