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Old May 22nd, 2003, 05:30 PM
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modifying MSVC++6.0 included header files

stdlib.h has the function itoa(), which converts an integer into a character array - I was wondering, how would I go about finding the source code for this function so I could modify it? I would like to make it into a ftoa, float to array.

stdlib.h includes:
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_CRTIMP char * __cdecl _itoa(int, char *, int);


but I can't find the source code for it - does MS hide it?

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Old May 22nd, 2003, 05:48 PM
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There's no need to write an ftoa function. sprintf() is your friend here.
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sprintf(buf, "%f", float_val);

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Also, to answer your question about the source code for itoa(), the source for the lib functions comes with the enterprise edition IIRC (and I don't think it's installed by default either). With all other editions, you just get the compiled object code, included in the lib files. We had a discussion about how libs are built, a while ago. See http://forums.devshed.com/showthrea...&threadid=49606 for more .

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There's no need to write an ftoa function. sprintf() is your friend here.
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sprintf(buf, "%f", float_val);


so um, at the risk of sounding stupid, how do I use that command?

I want to convert the float value in tmpRec[iA].getCost()
into a character array. I know that I would put my function call in the 3rd parameter, but what goes in the other 2?

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Something like this:
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char buf[100];

sprintf(buf, "%f", tmpRec[iA].getCost());

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Thanks, you just helped me get 50 extra credit points in my class :P

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