From: michael DOT mauch AT gmx DOT de (Michael Mauch)
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Subject: Re: converting floats to strings
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 09:55:40 +0100
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On Tue, 2 Dec 1997 12:09:36 GMT, "Jamie Love" <jamie DOT love AT clear DOT net DOT nz>
wrote:

> hi, my problem is summed up in the subject. Is there a function that can
> convert float variables to strings?

Yes, I usually use sprintf() to print to a character array, like this:

 float f;
 char buf[100];

 sprintf(buf,"%f",f);

Have a look at sprintf() in the libc info file.

You didn't mean C++ strings, did you?

Regards...
		Michael