How to Convert Interger to String?

How can I convert an interger variable into a string variable? I think some of the c++ library function will do. But I cannot find it, I can only find atoi(), which does the reverse.

An example:

int x=99;
char* y[100];

How to make y to contain the string "99" ? strcpy(x,y) seems to cause error.

Use itoa

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Originally posted by Govtcheez
Use itoa

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cannot find such thing as "itoa" in C Standard Library .... maybe my version is outdated....

itoa is not a standard function, you would be better off writing it yourself.

Code:

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void reverse ( char *s )
{
  int i, j;
  char c;
  for ( i = 0, j = strlen ( s ) - 1; i < j; i++, j-- ) {
    c = s[i];
    s[i] = s[j];
    s[j] = c;
  }
}

void myItoa ( int n, char *s )
{
  int i = 0, sign;
  if ( ( sign = n ) < 0 ) n = -n;
  do {
    s[i++] = (char)(n % 10 + '0');
  } while ( ( n /= 10 ) > 0 );
  if ( sign < 0 ) s[i++] = '-';
  s[i] = '\0';
  reverse ( s );
}

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-Prelude

> itoa is not a standard function, you would be better off writing it yourself.

It's not? That's weird... K & R talks about it like it is...

>K & R talks about it like it is...
That's because K&R defines its own itoa. Look in the standard library reference for stdlib.h and you'll see no mention of itoa even though atof atoi atol strtod strtol and strtoul are all there. itoa is nonstandard and can be ignored by the implementation if they so wish.

To save you some searching:
stdlib.h is described on page 251
itoa is defined on page 63

-Prelude

I stand corrected... I should know better than to question you anyways :)

But, it's my nature (itoa's on 64) :)

>itoa's on 64
I stand corrected, I was thinking 63 because itoa was on 64 and reverse was on 62 and I kept flipping back and forth. ;)

-Prelude

itoa is really NOT in standard c library(definitely not in ANSI-C).
moreover, my compiler seems not supporting it.
I better write my own, thanks prelude.

itoa is not a standard function?!?!

*Warning....malfunction in brain*
*Overloading....*
*Warning...immense heat*
*Shuting down....*

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Originally posted by DavidP
itoa is not a standard function?!?!

*Warning....malfunction in brain*
*Overloading....*
*Warning...immense heat*
*Shuting down....*

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Hey man, what so surprise?
maybe my wording is not exact enough.
<stdlib.h> is a general purpose standard C library, including memory allocation, process control, conversions and others.
itoa is a function that belongs to this library. But it is not ANSI-C, however supported by most compilers.
Mind you, atoi, in contrast, IS ANSI-C.

A standard way of doing it would be to use sprintf or a stringstream.

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Originally posted by Sorensen
A standard way of doing it would be to use sprintf or a stringstream.

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How to use stringstream? any simple example?
sprintf seems to be similar to cout...

Here's sprintf().

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
  int num = 123;
  char str[15];

  sprintf(str,"%d",num);
  cout << "str:" << str << endl;
  return 0;
}

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I don't have stringstream with my compiler, so maybe Sorensen can show you that one. I have strstream though. I think it's almost the same, except I think the line where I have:
strstream s(str,15,ios::out);
It's just:
stringstream s;

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <strstream.h>
using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
  int num = 123;
  char str[15];

  strstream s(str,15,ios::out);
  s << num;
  cout << "str:" << str << endl;
  return 0;
}

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