C / C++ / MFC

_bstr_t bstrStart(bstr);

  CString s;

  s.Format(_T("%s"), (LPCTSTR)bstrStart);

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <string>


int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	std::wstring str1;
	str1 = L"abc#efg#ijk";

	int found = str1.find_first_of(L"#");
	while(found != str1.npos)
	{
		str1.replace(found, 1, L";");
		found = str1.find_first_of(L"#",found+1);
	}
	return 0;
}

int found1 = wsVar.find_first_of(L"&&&&");
while(found1 != wsVar.npos)
{
        wsVar.replace(found1, 1, L"\"");
	found1 = wsVar.find_first_of(L"&&&&",found1+1);
}