From: Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Converting numbers to strings
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 10:25:27 -0400
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Paul Richards wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> How do I convert numbers to strings?
> 
> I need to be able to do this so that I can make up filenames:
> pic1.bmp
> pic2.bmp
> etc...
> 
> In BASIC this would be string$="pic"+ltrim$(rtrim$(val(number%)))+".bmp"
> but how do I do it in C++?

This extremely ugly BASIC construction should make you appreciate the much
derided-by-C++-advocates sprintf function:

#include <cstdio>
char *filename;
int i;
      sprintf(filename,"pic%d.bmp",i);


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