Re: Built-in to wide string conversion
* Saeed Amrollahi:
Dear All
Hi
I usually use the following function for built-in types to std::string
conversion:
// convert a type (typically built-in type) to std::string
template<class T>
inline std::string ToStdStr(const T& t)
{
std::istringstream s;
An istringstream is the wrong kind of stream.
Use an ostringstream.
Or better, use boost::lexical_cast instead of building your own.
s << t;
return s.str();
}
What is the equivalent function for std::wstring conversion?
Unfortunately the following code doesn't work:
// convert a type (typically built-in type) to std::wstring
template<class T>
inline std::wstring ToWideStdStr(const T& t)
{
std::wistringstream s;
s << t;
return s.str();
}
In other words, I am looking for the << operator for wstring.
#include <iostream> // std::cout, std::ostream
#include <ostream> // operator<<, std::endl
#include <sstream> // std::ostringstream
template<class T>
inline std::wstring wideString(const T& t)
{
std::wostringstream s;
s << t;
return s.str();
}
int main()
{
using namespace std;
wcout << wideString( 123 ) << endl;
}
Note that MingW g++ (Windows version of g++) lacks support for wide streams.
Does it relate to locale?
Yes. But it's a mess, so I'm no longer familiar with it. Hopefully if you have
any concrete questions in that direction, others can answer them.
Cheers, & hth.,
- Alf
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