string to float

In c++, use atof() and pass it a const char *

stringstream ss(floatstring);
float f;
ss >> f;
 

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Original post by Mishkin
In c++, use atof() and pass it a const char *

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No ... in C, use atof(). In C++, use a stringstream.

Just for the record im using C++, and thanks for the quick replies but i have one more question now. What header is stringstream in?

sstream

I included sstream and i get this error
error C2065: 'stringstream' : undeclared identifier


[edited by - SarsDP on May 1, 2003 11:16:31 PM]

nevermind, i got it

just for the record (and maybe future response to this question)

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