QString to char* not converting

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Hi,

I see some suggestions for how to convert a QString to a char* (or const char*), but when I try them I get bad data.

For instance, I try this:

QString doh = ("Blah, blah, blah");
   cout << "The String  " << qPrintable(doh) << endl;
 
   // Convert to char*
   const char *message = doh.toLocal8Bit ().constData ();  //<--- DOES NOT WORK!!
   cout << "The Message is " << message <<  endl

QString doh = ("Blah, blah, blah");
   cout << "The String  " << qPrintable(doh) << endl;

   // Convert to char*
   const char *message = doh.toLocal8Bit ().constData ();  //<--- DOES NOT WORK!!
   cout << "The Message is " << message <<  endl

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and the output looks like as follows:

The String Blah, blah, blah
The Message is ▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌

Then, if I try this the output is the same:

QString doh = ("Blah, blah, blah");
   cout << "The String  " << qPrintable(doh) << endl;
 
   // Convert to char*
   const char *message = qPrintable(doh); //<--- DOES NOT WORK!!
   cout << "The Message is " << message <<  endl

QString doh = ("Blah, blah, blah");
   cout << "The String  " << qPrintable(doh) << endl;

   // Convert to char*
   const char *message = qPrintable(doh); //<--- DOES NOT WORK!!
   cout << "The Message is " << message <<  endl

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The only way I get legit output is doing the following:

QString doh = ("Blah, blah, blah");
   cout << "The String  " << qPrintable(doh) << endl;
 
   // Convert to char*
   QTextCodec *codec = QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8");
   QByteArray encodedString = codec->fromUnicode(doh);
   const char *message = encodedString.constData ();
   cout << "The Message is " << message <<  endl;

QString doh = ("Blah, blah, blah");
   cout << "The String  " << qPrintable(doh) << endl;

   // Convert to char*
   QTextCodec *codec = QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8");
   QByteArray encodedString = codec->fromUnicode(doh);
   const char *message = encodedString.constData ();
   cout << "The Message is " << message <<  endl;

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The output is then;

The String Blah, blah, blah
The Message is Blah, blah, blah

This can't be the cleanest way to accomplish getting the proper character string into my char*, can it?

Thanks,
Derrick