Add: GetString that returns std::string instead of filling a passed buffer

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/strings.cpp b/src/strings.cpp
index 8c9ac0aaf..6a0d1a880 100644
--- a/src/strings.cpp
+++ b/src/strings.cpp
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ char *GetString(char *buffr, StringID string, const char *last)
 	return GetStringWithArgs(buffr, string, &_global_string_params, last);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolve the given StringID into a std::string with all the associated
+ * DParam lookups and formatting.
+ * @param string The unique identifier of the translatable string.
+ * @return The std::string of the translated string.
+ */
+std::string GetString(StringID string)
+{
+	char buffer[DRAW_STRING_BUFFER];
+	GetString(buffer, string, lastof(buffer));
+	return buffer;
+}
 
 /**
  * This function is used to "bind" a C string to a OpenTTD dparam slot.
diff --git a/src/strings_func.h b/src/strings_func.h
index be59b091a..11f41d738 100644
--- a/src/strings_func.h
+++ b/src/strings_func.h
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ public:
 extern StringParameters _global_string_params;
 
 char *GetString(char *buffr, StringID string, const char *last);
+std::string GetString(StringID string);
 char *GetStringWithArgs(char *buffr, StringID string, StringParameters *args, const char *last, uint case_index = 0, bool game_script = false);
 const char *GetStringPtr(StringID string);