Any alternative for converting a number to a string?

Question

I have been trying to convert a number to a string. But the only problem is, I cannot use C++11. I know their exists functions such as to_string and sstream but all of them require C++11. Is their any other way I can do it?

`std::stringstream` doesn't require c++11. – πάντα ῥεῖ Jul 31 '15 at 06:20 — πάντα ῥεῖ, Jul 31 '15 at 06:20
Doesn't the usage of `<<` requires C++11? – John Lui Jul 31 '15 at 06:23 — John Lui, Jul 31 '15 at 06:23
No it doesn't require c++11. – πάντα ῥεῖ Jul 31 '15 at 06:25 — πάντα ῥεῖ, Jul 31 '15 at 06:25

Soner from The Ottoman Empire · Answer 1 · 2015-07-31T06:34:31.133

It is conversation a number to a string in C++03. String streams helpful for it.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>  //include this to use string streams

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int number = 1234;
    double dnum = 12.789;

    ostringstream ostr1,ostr2; //output string stream
    ostr1 << number; //use the string stream just like cout,
    //except the stream prints not to stdout but to a string.

    string theNumberString = ostr1.str(); //the str() function of the stream
    //returns the string.

    //now  theNumberString is "1234"

    cout << theNumberString << endl;

    // string streams also can convert floating-point numbers to string
    ostr2 << dnum;
    theNumberString = ostr2.str();
    cout << theNumberString << endl;

    //now  theNumberString is "12.789"

    return 0;
}

Emil Laine · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-31T06:29:25.310

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You can use sprintf from the C standard library:

#include <cstdio>
...
int i = 42;
char buffer[12]; // large enough buffer
sprintf(buffer, "%d", i);
string str(buffer);

edited Jul 31 '15 at 06:29

answered Jul 31 '15 at 06:22

Emil Laine

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http://ideone.com/4rgJSP. I don't know why but it says that `itoa` is out of scope here. – John Lui Jul 31 '15 at 06:28
@JohnLui Oops, my mistake, `itoa` is actually non-standard in C++ and only supported by some compilers, use `sprintf` instead. – Emil Laine Jul 31 '15 at 06:31

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 31 '15 at 06:20

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Maybe try to add number to string?

int a = 10;
string s = a + "";

Hope this help.

answered Jul 31 '15 at 06:20

Andret2344

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Can it compile? If yes, then, what is the result? – Andret2344 Jul 31 '15 at 06:30
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It compiles, but it doesn't do the right thing. Concatenation with `+` is not supported on C-strings (`""` is a C-string). Instead it decays the `""` to a pointer of type `const char*`, and then does pointer arithmetic on that pointer, offsetting it by `a * sizeof(char)`, so the pointer points outside the C-string, thus resulting in undefined behavior. – Emil Laine Jul 31 '15 at 06:38

Any alternative for converting a number to a string?

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