macOS convert int to char in c

[widgetman]

Is there a way to convert an integer into a c string? I am not using carbon so none of the cfstr functions will help at all. thanks.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Do you mean an Interger or an int?

And do you need to save the string or can you just printf() it...?

 

[widgetman]

I mean an int. i need to use it as a c string and i wont be printing it out at all. is there a way to do something like cocoa's [NSString stringWithFormat:] and just use %i for the ints?

 

[hcuar]

Use sprintf... I believe the syntax goes something like this:

char buffer[100];
int myInteger = 10;
sprintf(buffer, "%i", myInteger);

buffer is a character array, the stuff in the quotes is your string formatting, and myInteger is the integer to format as a string.

So... if you did the following code:

cout << buffer << endl;

You'd see:
10

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I mean an int. i need to use it as a c string and i wont be printing it out at all. is there a way to do something like cocoa's [NSString stringWithFormat:] and just use %i for the ints?

Found this on the net:

char * intToString(int num) 

{

	int i=0;

	int j=0;

	int k=0;

	int ones=0;

	char temp[5]; 					//5=num digits in 32676

	char ans[5];

	

	while (num!=0) 

	{

		ones=num%10;				//get current ones digit

		temp[i]=(char)(ones+48); 	//48=(int)'0';

		num=num/10;					//remove current ones digit

		i++;						//length of number 

	}

	for(j=i-1;j>=0;j--) 

	{

		ans[k]=temp[j]; 			//reorder string correctly

		k++;

	}

	ans[i]='\0'; 					//add null char for end of string

	return (char *)ans;

}

..but there is a method, I just got to remember what it was called... (it's been a couple of years since I programmed much in c... )

 

[Doctor Q]

Would this work, using the standard C library?

int myint ;
char mystringbuffer[20] ;

snprintf(mystringbuffer,sizeof(mystringbuffer),"%d",myint) ;

 

[hcuar]

Would this work, using the standard C library?

int myint ;
char mystringbuffer[20] ;

snprintf(mystringbuffer,sizeof(mystringbuffer),"%d",myint) ;

I still like sprintf the best. Personal preference though.

 

[hcuar]

Found this on the net:

char * intToString(int num) 

{

	int i=0;

	int j=0;

	int k=0;

	int ones=0;

	char temp[5]; 					//5=num digits in 32676

	char ans[5];

	

	while (num!=0) 

	{

		ones=num%10;				//get current ones digit

		temp[i]=(char)(ones+48); 	//48=(int)'0';

		num=num/10;					//remove current ones digit

		i++;						//length of number 

	}

	for(j=i-1;j>=0;j--) 

	{

		ans[k]=temp[j]; 			//reorder string correctly

		k++;

	}

	ans[i]='\0'; 					//add null char for end of string

	return (char *)ans;

}

..but there is a method, I just got to remember what it was called... (it's been a couple of years since I programmed much in c... )

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is way too complicated.

 

[widgetman]

Thanks for the quick responses everyone!

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I'm so stupid (forgive me, its 2:30AM, here...) EDIT: And I see this has been pointed out already... by several posters...

You can of course use sprintf()...

int num;
char myBuf[20];
sprintf(myBuf, "%i\0", num);

And when you have it in a char buffer, getting it into a string should be easy, right...

Edit2: Funny that it 20 digits seems to be enough, right Dr. Q...?

 

[hcuar]

I'm so stupid (forgive me, its 2:30AM, here...) EDIT: And I see this has been pointed out already...

You can of course use sprintf()...

int num;
char myBuf[20];
sprintf(myBuf, "%i\0", num);

And when you have it in a char buffer, getting it into a string should be easy, right...

You don't need the \0 in the format... sprintf automatically adds the null termination...

BTW... not stupid... just took the long way around.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

You don't need the \0 in the format... sprintf automatically adds the null termination...

BTW... not stupid... just took the long way around.

Yes, I know sprintf() does this for me, but if I've learned one thing from my C/C++ days, it's that it never hurts to terminate the strings manually, too...

And the real irony, is that i suggested printf() in my first respons, without remembering sprintf()... that's really embarrassing...

 

[widgetman]

you are forgiven. thank you again for helping me out with my lame n00b questions.