Is there a simple way to convert an integer to a string?

I'm trying to do something along the lines of:

int i;
char[] s = "i = " ~ i;

The only thing I can see in phobos is the std.format stuff, but that's way too heavy and I'd rather not start importing C libraries if I can help it.

Thanks

Si

Simon Hobbs wrote:

> Is there a simple way to convert an integer to a string?
> 
> I'm trying to do something along the lines of:
> 
> int i;
> char[] s = "i = " ~ i;
> 
> The only thing I can see in phobos is the std.format stuff, but that's way too
> heavy and I'd rather not start importing C libraries if I can help it.

The undocumented function std.string.format makes it easy:

	char[] s = format("i = ", i);

Stewart.

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import std.string;
...
char[] s = "i = " ~ toString(i);


"Simon Hobbs" <Simon_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:cd3f82$1ve2$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Is there a simple way to convert an integer to a string?
>
> I'm trying to do something along the lines of:
>
> int i;
> char[] s = "i = " ~ i;
>
> The only thing I can see in phobos is the std.format stuff, but that's way
too
> heavy and I'd rather not start importing C libraries if I can help it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Si
>
>

Thanks chaps.