Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 16:16:58 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Newbie here: How do i convert a number to a string?
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Chris Amos wrote:

> I have looked though my c books but i think there is no ansi standard
> way of doing that and thats why i couldnt find anything. I looked in
> the rhide index of help and all i could find was the
> 
> char * ecvt (double value, int ndigits, int *decpt, int *sign)
> 
> command. Its not standats ansi, and there wasnt even an example given.
> So i have no idea what to do.

Do you use DJGPP v2.03?  If not, upgrade.  If you do have DJGPP v2.03, 
type "info libc alpha ecvt" and read there.  It has a link to a sibling 
function called `ecvtbuf', where you will find detailed description and 
an example.