Convert LPCTSTR to char*

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#pragma warning (disable : 4996)

char* conversion(LPCTSTR val)
{
    LPCWSTR wstr = val;
    int count = wcslen(wstr);
    char* c = new char[count + 1];
    wchar_t* pwchr = const_cast<wchar_t*> (&wstr[0]);
    for(int j = 0; j < count; ++j)
    {
        c[j] = static_cast<char> (*pwchr);
        pwchr++;
    }
    c[count] = '\0';
    wcstombs(c,val,count);
    return c;
}