Use reinterpret_cast to cast from char pointer to integer : reinterpret_cast « Development « C++ Tutorial

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
  int i;
  char *p = "This is a string";

  i = reinterpret_cast<int> (p); // cast pointer to integer

  cout << i;

  return 0;
}

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