What is the best way to convert between char* and System::String in C++/CLI

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System::String has a constructor that takes a char*:

 using namespace system;
 const char* charstr = "Hello, world!";
 String^ clistr = gcnew String(charstr);
 Console::WriteLine(clistr);

Getting a char* back is a bit harder, but not too bad:

 IntPtr p = Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi(clistr);
 char *pNewCharStr = static_cast<char*>(p.ToPointer());
 cout << pNewCharStr << endl;
 Marshal::FreeHGlobal(p);

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