Convert a number into a string.

Convert a number into a string. From the number i the string 'i' will be produced.

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	char*		Pointer to a static string. The result will be overridden by a subsequent call to this function.
i	int	-	Create a string representation of this number

char	s[256];
int 	i	= 1231

strcpy (s, itoa (i+3));
showmessage (s); // 1234

Data type int is 64bit aware. Here's an example with integers greater than 32 bit:

int main ()
{
    int    	a 		= 6917529027641081856;
    char  *	astr	= "6917529027641081856";

    wlog ("", "a=%d\t(and as string '%s')\n", a, itoa (a));
    wlog ("", "a=0x%x\t(and as string '%s')\n", a, itoa (a));
    wlog ("", "astr='%s'\t(and as int %d)\n", astr, val (astr));
    wlog ("", "astr='%s'\t(and as int 0x%x)\n", astr, val (astr));

    wlog ("", "string compare	: a ?= astr : %d\n", (a == val (astr)));
    wlog ("", "int compare	: a ?= astr : %d\n", strcmp (itoa (a), astr)==0);

    return 0;
}
// Ausgabe
//
//a=6917529027641081856	(and as string '6917529027641081856')
//a=0x6000000000000000	(and as string '6917529027641081856')
//astr='6917529027641081856'	(and as int 6917529027641081856)
//astr='6917529027641081856'	(and as int 0x6000000000000000)
//string compare	: a ?= astr : 1
//int compare	: a ?= astr : 1

Of course, the above example willstill work, if the intergers are given as hex values.

int main ()
{
    int    	a 		= 0x6000000000000000;
    char  *	astr	= "0x6000000000000000";

    wlog ("", "a=%d\t(and as string '%s')\n", a, itoa (a));
    wlog ("", "a=0x%x\t(and as string '%s')\n", a, itoa (a));
    wlog ("", "astr='%s'\t(and as int %d)\n", astr, val (astr));
    wlog ("", "astr='%s'\t(and as int 0x%x)\n", astr, val (astr));

    wlog ("", "string compare	: a ?= astr : %d\n", (a == val (astr)));
    wlog ("", "int compare	: a ?= astr : %d\n", strcmp (itoa (a), astr)==0);

    return 0;
}
// Ausgabe
//
//a=6917529027641081856	(and as string '6917529027641081856')
//a=0x6000000000000000	(and as string '6917529027641081856')
//astr='0x6000000000000000'	(and as int 6917529027641081856)
//astr='0x6000000000000000'	(and as int 0x6000000000000000)
//string compare	: a ?= astr : 1
//int compare	: a ?= astr : 1

Since

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See Also

val

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