copy a wild char from a char array

[vijkrr]

Hi all,

Assume I've an array of strings which contain some chinese chars inside.

Eg: " This is a sample 在按键 needs to be tested"
^ ^
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start end

//start -Starting point of the array
//end - Ending point for the array
//Dest - destination wild char.
bool getStr(char* start, char* end, wchar_t dest)
{

// I cannot change the function prototype.

}

Can any one help me which will be the best function to use?
I tried a copying i char at a time and assign to another char* and finally did ::mbstowcs(). but this is not helping out.

Thanks
Vijay