Question

In C++, how can I convert a data of type float64 to a string without losing any of the data in float64? I need it to not only be converted to a string, but add a string to either side of the number and then sent to be written in a file.

Code:

string cycle("---NEW CYCLE ");
cycle+=//convert float64 to string and add to cycle
cycle+= "---\r\n";
writeText(cycle.c_str()); //writes string to txt file

Thanks.

Answer 1

You should use sprintf. See documentation here C++ Reference.

As an example it would be something like:

char str[30];
float flt = 2.4567F;
sprintf(str, "%.4g", flt ); 

Also I would use string::append to add the string. See here .

UPDATE

Updated code according to comment.