From: "Duncan Coutts" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Numbers to Strings Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:03:59 +0100 Organization: UUNET WorldCom server (post doesn't reflect views of UUNET WorldCom Lines: 24 Message-ID: <7sbk0v$6n5$2@lure.pipex.net> References: <7s0kea$qr6$1 AT rohrpostix DOT uta4you DOT at> <37E3F6A0 DOT B80A0505 AT armenia DOT multi DOT net DOT co> NNTP-Posting-Host: aa177.du.pipex.com X-Trace: lure.pipex.net 938038111 6885 193.130.240.177 (22 Sep 1999 22:08:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse AT uk DOT uu DOT net NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Sep 1999 22:08:31 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com >> Hi, I'm quite new to programming in C++ and I have got a question about >> strings: How can I convert a number into a string, > >you can use itoa/ftoa to convert from Integer to Ascii. > >but it is easier using sprintf. > >sprintf ( the_string, "%i", the_integer ); If you use the standard functionality of C++ rather than C then you should use std::string which I'm sure has functions for creating a string that represents a number. I don't know for certain but I bet the string class has a constructor taking an int. If all you need to do is output it to a stream then the conversion is automatic.