From: eglebbk AT dds DOT nl (Evert Glebbeek)
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Subject: Re: Newbie here: How do i convert a number to a string?
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 From: Chris Amos <homie_dont_play_dat AT yahoo DOT com>
 On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 03:32:33 -0700 (PDT)

>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. 

There is. As others pointer out, sprintf() will work.

>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. If your wondering why i want to do this,
>well its because im using allegro's text output functions and all it
>can print is strings. :(

Use textprintf() instead of textout(). It takes a printf() style
format string and arguements. Truely useful. I'm not sure in what
version of Allegro it was introduced, if it's not in your version you
may have to update.

HTH,

Evert Glebbeek