Use the .str()-method:
Manages the contents of the underlying string object.
1) Returns a copy of the underlying string as if by calling
rdbuf()->str()
.2) Replaces the contents of the underlying string as if by calling
rdbuf()->str(new_str)
...Notes
The copy of the underlying string returned by str is a temporary object that will be destructed at the end of the expression, so directly calling
c_str()
on the result ofstr()
(for example inauto *ptr = out.str().c_str();
) results in a dangling pointer...