Alternative to itoa() for converting integer to string C++?

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Tomek picture Tomek · Oct 23, 2008 · Viewed 298.5k times · Source

I was wondering if there was an alternative to itoa() for converting an integer to a string because when I run it in visual Studio I get warnings, and when I try to build my program under Linux, I get a compilation error.

Answer

spoulson picture spoulson · Oct 23, 2008

In C++11 you can use std::to_string:

#include <string>

std::string s = std::to_string(5);

If you're working with prior to C++11, you could use C++ streams:

#include <sstream>

int i = 5;
std::string s;
std::stringstream out;
out << i;
s = out.str();

Taken from http://notfaq.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/c-convert-int-to-string/

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