char* pointer from string in C#

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Is it possible to get a char* for a string variable in C#?

I need to convert a path string to a char* for using some native win32 function ...

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Like some other posts pointed out, fixed (char* p = str) is not really compatible with native format and StringBuilder does not really work either. This is what worked for me:

fixed (byte* p = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(str))
{
    native_call((char*)p);
}
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