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[Crusable]

Hello, i have a frame rate, but i don't know how to get it to display on screen using sf::String. How do i get a variable on screen? I am using sfml 1.6.

Edited by Mathew Bergen, 19 January 2013 - 03:25 AM.

[mdias]

I never worked with sfml, but this seems to be what you're looking for.

[rip-off]

I too haven't used SFML, but you can always use std::stringstream. Usage is similar to std::cout and std::cin (you can use std::istringstream and std::ostringstream if you want):

#include <sstream>
 
int main()
{
    // ...
 
    int fps = 60;
    std::stringstream stream;
    stream << "FPS: " <<< fps;
    
    sf::String text(stream.str(), MyFont, 50);
 
    //  Render text to screen
}

If you are using a NUL terminated character array based API (i.e. "C strings"), you can use the c_str() member of the returned std::string.

[Servant of the Lord]

sf::String takes a std::string or similar (using sf::String::SetText(text)).
 
sf::String rightly doesn't provide a half-dozen different functions like SetInt() or SetBool() or SetFloat(), that'd be unnecessary. If every display-type class has to provide functions for setting every type of variable, it'd be alot of redundant work.
 
Instead, classes like sf::String provide a SetText() which takes a std::string, and you can use other functions to convert an int to a std::string.
 
If you're using C++11, you could use std::to_string(myInt) to convert your int to a string, like this:

int myInt = 357;
 
std::string myString = std::to_string(myInt);
 
sf::String myDisplayableText;
myDisplayableText.SetText(myString);
 
renderTarget.Draw(myDisplayableText);

 
Note: In reality, you don't want to create the sf::String every frame. Instead, sf::String should be owned by the class that contains it as a member-variable, and SetText() should only be called when the text changes. Ask questions if you don't understand what I mean.
 
If you aren't using C++11, and are just using 'C++' (which is probably C++03) then you can use a function like this:

#include <sstream>

std::string IntToString(int value)
{
	//Uses a stringstream to format text, similar to std::cout,
	//but without printing anything on the screen.
	std::stringstream sstream;
	//Pass the value into the stringstream.
	sstream << value;
	//Get the contents as a std::string.
	return sstream.str();
}

[riverreal]

Edit:

Servant of the Lord put a similar code.

Edited by riverreal, 19 January 2013 - 12:21 PM.

[Crusable]

Thanks