string equivalent of sprintf()

is there a string equivalent of the sprintf function?

i want to do the equivalent of sprintf(temp,"number is: %d",num);

Check your original topic. matsp provided the way to use stringstream.

This has already been answered in http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=92709

Could someonewith "privileges" remove this duplicate thread.

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Mats

is that the best way to do it tho? it took up quite a few lines of code. is there another way?

Further replies to the other thread please.