More than one instance of overloaded function to_string matches the argument list

Question

But I get an error at the std of std::to_string

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main()
{

std::string s = std::to_string(42);

return 0;
}

Did you read the first comment under that answer? Specifically "`to_string` not a member of `std` fix: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12975341/to-string-is-not-a-member-of-std-says-so-g " — Jonny Henly, Feb 26 '16 at 04:09
@JonnyHenly That's not the error message he says he's getting. — Barmar, Feb 26 '16 at 04:22
Possible duplicate of [std::to\_string - more than instance of overloaded function matches the argument list](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10664699/stdto-string-more-than-instance-of-overloaded-function-matches-the-argument) — Barmar, Feb 26 '16 at 04:24

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 26 '16 at 04:48

The error message you get can't be generated for a standard-conforming library implementation.

So, the best solution is to upgrade the compiler (presumably it's some years old Visual C++).

An alternative is to use an argument of type long, and hope that that's one of the existing overloads:

std::to_string( 42L )

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