Converting numbers to StringsThis tip submitted by Webmaster on 2005-01-02 11:20:35. It has been viewed 60492 times.Rating of 6.7 with 338 votes Instead of writing your own function convert an integer or float to a string, just use the C function snprintf (in header stdio.h) or the C++ class stringstream (in header sstream). In C:
#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
char* itoa(int num)
{
/* log10(num) gives the number of digits; + 1 for the null terminator */
int size = log10(num) + 1;
char *x = malloc(size);
snprintf(x, size, "%d", num);
}
In C++:
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
string itoa(int num)
{
stringstream converter;
converter << num;
return converter.str();
}
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