Adding an int to a string

Chryzmo · 2004-05-27T07:52:56

Heyas, I am trying to add two ints to a string. They are the coordinates of the player''s sprite that I want to be displayed to help with debugging a problem I am helping with the collision detection in my game. Here is what I am doing now: // Sprite.ShowXPos() and ShowYPos() only returns the X and Y positions, which are both of type int string lsXPos = Sprite.ShowXPos(); string lsYPos = Sprite.ShowYPos(); string lsPosition = lsXPos + ", " + lsYPos; The error I get is: e:\_Development\VC++\2dEp\game.cpp(169): error C2440: ''initializing'' : cannot convert from ''int'' to ''std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>'' with [ _Elem=char, _Traits=std::char_traits, _Ax=std::allocator ] Is there some other function I need to use to be able to add the value of an int to a string? Or do I need to just find another way to do this all together? Thanks, Chris

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Started by Chryzmo May 26, 2004 03:58 PM

13 comments, last by Chryzmo 19 years, 10 months ago

DukeAtreides076

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May 26, 2004 06:56 PM

He won't hit any size restrictions with a 1024 buffer and that string. ints cant hold numbers big enough to fill up 1024 spaces.

[edited by - DukeAtreides076 on May 26, 2004 7:58:27 PM]

Zipster

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May 26, 2004 07:20 PM

quote:Original post by DukeAtreides076
He won't hit any size restrictions with a 1024 buffer and that string. ints cant hold numbers big enough to fill up 1024 spaces.

But it's possible the destination string could contain more than just integers. snprintf is the safer, still-C alternative. And why not be safe when you can be?