How to convert std::string to LPCSTR?

Question

C++ / C#

I'm doing a coursework and I need to pass a std::string. To make another task easier, I want to create a folder, but CreateDirectoryA() takes an LPCSTR, not a std::string. How can I convert std::string to LPCSTR?

Answer 1

std::string dir = "subdir";
CreateDirectoryA(dir.c_str(), nullptr);