How to input doubles in to files

[bikr692002]

This is my code

	String="("+(std::string)P+"*"+(std::string)L+")"+" ^ "+(std::string)T+" /4= "+(std::string)A+"\n";
	a_file<<String;

P,L,T,A are doubles how can I get a_file to write doubles in to a file

I tried without the (std::string) and I tried just doin

a_file<<"("<<P<<"*"<<L<<")"<<" ^ "<<T<<" /4= "<<A<<"\n";

I just don't know what to do

I also tried

	String="("+P+"*"+L+")"+" ^ "+T+" /4= "+A+"\n";
	a_file<<String;

[Hikaru]

Have you tried setting the stream to print in fixed or scientific notation?

a_file << std::fixed <<"("<<P<<"*"<<L<<")"<<" ^ "<<T<<" /4= "<<A<<"\n";

[bikr692002]

no I haven't tried that yet. A person told me to look up sprintf

[bikr692002]

man this sprintf is really fuggin confusing

[bikr692002]

Just tried your way and it worked. Thank you, Hikaru.

[Hikaru]

man this sprintf is really fuggin confusing

Yeah, it is. It's also hard to use in C++ since it's a function designed for C. C++ has better stuff like strings and stringstreams that are really intuitive and easy to use, not to mention a lot safer.

[VirtualAce]

sprintf() is not difficult to use.

char text[5];
float fValue=20.0;
sprintf(text,"%f",fValue);

printf("%f",etxt);

MS has another function called sprintf_s which is:

sprintf(char *dest,size_t length,const char *format,char *src)

Don't believe MSVC 2005 when it tells you sprintf() has been declared deprecated. It hasn't except by Microsoft alone. It's obvious MS cannot manually count string length + null terminator so they felt the need to make their own function. It in turn probably does some type of internal copy using the length and then calls sprintf().

Make sure your char buffer has enough room to accomodate the conversion or you will get some odd results. You must also allow for the null-terminator.

[Daved]

But in this case, you really don't need sprintf. Just output the double directly to the stream. If it is not in the format you expect, use a manipulator like Hikaru showed. If that's still not quite right, show the output you get and the output you want.

[VirtualAce]

Yeah and I didn't address that but Daved is right. No need for sprintf here. But it's not hard to use.