Is there a function, or what is considered the
best way, to convert a float to a char[]?

any help is appreciated

Phill.

It's been awhile, but

    float f;
    char sz[101];
    sprintf(sz, "%G", f);

"Phill" <phill@pacific.net.au> wrote in message news:bua4bf$2njm$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Is there a function, or what is considered the
> best way, to convert a float to a char[]?
>
> any help is appreciated
>
> Phill.
>
>
>

Thanks mate! (:o))

Phill.

"Matthew" <matthew.hat@stlsoft.dot.org> wrote in message news:bua595$2p66$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> It's been awhile, but
>
>     float f;
>     char sz[101];
>     sprintf(sz, "%G", f);
>
> "Phill" <phill@pacific.net.au> wrote in message news:bua4bf$2njm$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > Is there a function, or what is considered the
> > best way, to convert a float to a char[]?
> >
> > any help is appreciated
> >
> > Phill.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Phill <phill@pacific.net.au> wrote:
> Is there a function, or what is considered the
> best way, to convert a float to a char[]?
> 
> any help is appreciated

Depends on what you want to do and what your formatting needs happen to be.
sprintf() works fine and its quick and dirty. You can probably do better
by looking around at other library's source code for floating point
conversion (e.g., FreeBSD's sprintf(), glibc's sprintf(), etc.) and writing
your own conversion shim.


-scooter
-- 
Scott Michel                          | No research proposal ever survives
UCLA Computer Science                 |    contact with implementation.
PhD Graduate Student                  | !!  Futuaris nisi irrisus ridebis  !!

sprintf if fine, Im just making a simple
calculator for my first outing with the D language.

Thanks !

Phill.


"Scott Michel" <scottm@mordred.cs.ucla.edu> wrote in message news:buac8r$68q$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Phill <phill@pacific.net.au> wrote:
> > Is there a function, or what is considered the
> > best way, to convert a float to a char[]?
> >
> > any help is appreciated
>
> Depends on what you want to do and what your formatting needs happen to
be.
> sprintf() works fine and its quick and dirty. You can probably do better
> by looking around at other library's source code for floating point
> conversion (e.g., FreeBSD's sprintf(), glibc's sprintf(), etc.) and
writing
> your own conversion shim.
>
>
> -scooter
> --
> Scott Michel                          | No research proposal ever survives UCLA Computer Science                 |    contact with implementation. PhD Graduate Student                  | !!  Futuaris nisi irrisus ridebis
!!
>