No suitable constructor exists to convert from char to string

Question

I have defined a createdirectory(const stdStr& path) in a class and I am accessing that function from another class using Directory::CreateDirectory("C:\\Temp");

I am getting an error on "C"\Temp" saying that "

no suitable constructor exists to convert from "const char [4]" to "std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>, std::allocator<wchar_t>>"

Answer 1

Because your "C:\\Temp" string is an array of char, but the function is using a string templated on wchar. Personally, I avoid Unicode like the plague, but I think you need L"C:\\Temp" (note the preceding L).