Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 21:33:05 -0800 (PST)
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To: perfecto AT mail2 DOT nai DOT net (Perry DOT Fecteau AT Republican DOT COM), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: is there an equivalent to ecvt() in djgpp?
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At 04:18  2/10/1998 GMT, Perry DOT Fecteau AT Republican DOT COM wrote:
>i'm a c++ newbie but a long time programmer.  in fact, i can read and
>write ansi c++ code fluently but i am not familiar with all of the
>function libraries.  both borland and microsoft compilers have ecvt()
>in <stdlib.h>.  i wonder if there is an equivalent in djgpp?
No, there isn't. My old copy of Turbo C emphasizes that they aren't
portable. You can probably hack up similar functionality from `sprintf'.
However, if you volunteered to write them (in C), I'm sure nobody would
object to including them in the standard library.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net