Convert float to std::string in C++_问答_开发者

I have a float value that needs to be put into a st开发者_运维知识库d::string. How do I convert from float to string?

float val = 2.5;
std::string my_val = val; // error here

As of C++11, the standard C++ library provides the function std::to_string(arg) with various supported types for arg.

Unless you're worried about performance, use string streams:

#include <sstream>
//..

std::ostringstream ss;
ss << myFloat;
std::string s(ss.str());

If you're okay with Boost, lexical_cast<> is a convenient alternative:

std::string s = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(myFloat);

Efficient alternatives are e.g. FastFormat or simply the C-style functions.

Important:
Read the note at the end.

Quick answer :
Use to_string(). (available since c++11)
example :

#include <iostream>   
#include <string>  

using namespace std;
int main ()
{
    string pi = "pi is " + to_string(3.1415926);
    cout<< "pi = "<< pi << endl;

  return 0;
}

run it yourself : http://ideone.com/7ejfaU
These are available as well :

string to_string (int val);
string to_string (long val);
string to_string (long long val);
string to_string (unsigned val);
string to_string (unsigned long val);
string to_string (unsigned long long val);
string to_string (float val);
string to_string (double val);
string to_string (long double val);

Important Note:
As @Michael Konečný rightfully pointed out, using to_string() is risky at best that is its very likely to cause unexpected results.
From http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/string/basic_string/to_string :

With floating point types std::to_string may yield unexpected results as the number of significant digits in the returned string can be zero, see the example.
The return value may differ significantly from what std::cout prints by default, see the example. std::to_string relies on the current locale for formatting purposes, and therefore concurrent calls to std::to_string from multiple threads may result in partial serialization of calls. C++17 provides std::to_chars as a higher-performance locale-independent alternative.

The best way would be to use stringstream as others such as @dcp demonstrated in his answer.:

This issue is demonstrated in the following example :
run the example yourself : https://www.jdoodle.com/embed/v0/T4k

#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>

template < typename Type > std::string to_str (const Type & t)
{
  std::ostringstream os;
  os << t;
  return os.str ();
}

int main ()
{

  // more info : https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/string/basic_string/to_string
  double    f = 23.43;
  double    f2 = 1e-9;
  double    f3 = 1e40;
  double    f4 = 1e-40;
  double    f5 = 123456789;
  std::string f_str = std::to_string (f);
  std::string f_str2 = std::to_string (f2); // Note: returns "0.000000"
  std::string f_str3 = std::to_string (f3); // Note: Does not return "1e+40".
  std::string f_str4 = std::to_string (f4); // Note: returns "0.000000"
  std::string f_str5 = std::to_string (f5);

  std::cout << "std::cout: " << f << '\n'
    << "to_string: " << f_str << '\n'
    << "ostringstream: " << to_str (f) << "\n\n"
    << "std::cout: " << f2 << '\n'
    << "to_string: " << f_str2 << '\n'
    << "ostringstream: " << to_str (f2) << "\n\n"
    << "std::cout: " << f3 << '\n'
    << "to_string: " << f_str3 << '\n'
    << "ostringstream: " << to_str (f3) << "\n\n"
    << "std::cout: " << f4 << '\n'
    << "to_string: " << f_str4 << '\n'
    << "ostringstream: " << to_str (f4) << "\n\n"
    << "std::cout: " << f5 << '\n'
    << "to_string: " << f_str5 << '\n'
    << "ostringstream: " << to_str (f5) << '\n';

  return 0;
}

output :

std::cout: 23.43
to_string: 23.430000
ostringstream: 23.43

std::cout: 1e-09
to_string: 0.000000
ostringstream: 1e-09

std::cout: 1e+40
to_string: 10000000000000000303786028427003666890752.000000
ostringstream: 1e+40

std::cout: 1e-40
to_string: 0.000000
ostringstream: 1e-40

std::cout: 1.23457e+08
to_string: 123456789.000000
ostringstream: 1.23457e+08

You can define a template which will work not only just with doubles, but with other types as well.

template <typename T> string tostr(const T& t) { 
   ostringstream os; 
   os<<t; 
   return os.str(); 
}

Then you can use it for other types.

double x = 14.4;
int y = 21;

string sx = tostr(x);
string sy = tostr(y);

Use std::to_chars once your standard library provides it:

std::array<char, 32> buf;
auto result = std::to_chars(buf.data(), buf.data() + buf.size(), val);
if (result.ec == std::errc()) {
  auto str = std::string(buf.data(), result.ptr - buf.data());
  // use the string
} else {
  // handle the error
}

The advantages of this method are:

It is locale-independent, preventing bugs when writing data into formats such as JSON that require '.' as a decimal point
It provides shortest decimal representation with round trip guarantees
It is potentially more efficient than other standard methods because it doesn't use the locale and doesn't require allocation

Unfortunately std::to_string is of limited utility with floating point because it uses the fixed representation, rounding small values to zero and producing long strings for large values, e.g.

auto s1 = std::to_string(1e+40);
// s1 == 10000000000000000303786028427003666890752.000000

auto s2 = std::to_string(1e-40);
// s2 == 0.000000

C++20 might get a more convenient std::format API with the same benefits as std::to_chars if the P0645 standards proposal gets approved.

You can use std::to_string in C++11

float val = 2.5;
std::string my_val = std::to_string(val);

If you're worried about performance, check out the Boost::lexical_cast library.

This tutorial gives a simple, yet elegant, solution, which i transcribe:

#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <stdexcept>

class BadConversion : public std::runtime_error {
public:
  BadConversion(std::string const& s)
    : std::runtime_error(s)
    { }
};

inline std::string stringify(double x)
{
  std::ostringstream o;
  if (!(o << x))
    throw BadConversion("stringify(double)");
  return o.str();
}
...
std::string my_val = stringify(val);