From: Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Alternative to fcvt for older DJGPP?
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Quasar wrote:

> I have a program that needs to compile with an older version of
> DJGPP which does not appear to have fcvt in its libc. Are there
> any quick alternatives to this function? (This part of the code
> was SUPPOSEDLY universally portable, but I see that fcvt is not
> standard at all, so I'm in a fix).

Just use sprintf(); there is no function called "fcvt" in the standard C 
libraries, while sprintf is there.  Even those of us who are die-hard 
gcc fans know to avoid non-portable constructs when there is an 
acceptable solution in the standard libraries.


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Martin Ambuhl