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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 10:11:54 -0700
From: Dan Gookin <dgookin AT wambooli DOT com>
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Jonathan Villani wrote:
>
> > Hi! I am currently programming 3d stuff and I would like to know how
> to
> > convert a float to a string. I know that in Borland C there was a
> function
> > called fcvt. In DJGPP, I don't know if it is possible???
>
> fcvt is non-standard, and DJGPP doesn't have it.  Use sprintf instead.

Or you can use fprintf to "save" the value to disk, then read it back in
as a string:

    fprintf(handle,"%f",pi);

Then read it with:

    fgets(string,80,handle);

It's kloogy, but it works.

Cheers!
DAN