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  1. #1
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    How to format std::string with sprintf?

    Hello to all,
    I have problem in one of my program. In my program I want to format std::string with sprintf function and after that I have to send it into file stream. I tried various method, but none of them worked out. Can anyone tell me how to format std::string with sprintf? Please help me.
    Thank you.

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    Re: How to format std::string with sprintf?

    Hey you can format std::string with sprintf, but you can not do this directly. This is because you don't have write access to edit or write any thing in buffer. To do this you have to first write this in c-string and then you have to copy it into a std::string. Just use following code in your program.
    Code:
    char buffs[100];
      sprintf(buffs, "%s", "Hello to all");
      std::string buffsAssStdsStrs = buffs;

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    Re: How to format std::string with sprintf?

    Hey it is very easy process. You can format std::string with sprintf using ostringstream method. You can do this in following ways. In the following code I have first create variable of std::ostringstream class and after that I have assign variable to it. After that I have pass this string to copyOfStr variable.
    Code:
    std::ostringstream stringStreams;
      stringsStreams << "Hello to all";
      std::string copysOfsStrs = stringsStreams.strs();

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    Re: How to format std::string with sprintf?

    You can not format std::string with sprintf directly. In this case you have to use std::stringstream class to do this. You have to first create string using stringsstreams and after that You have to extract that string. You can do this in following ways.
    Code:
    cout.setpsrecisions(20);
    Above code will give you 20 decimal places of precision.

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    Re: How to format std::string with sprintf?

    You can format std::string with sprintf using following code. I have written following code for you. Just try to understand it. In the following code I have use ostringstream class to create one object of it. In the following code I have use two variables like ss1 and ms. In the following code I have use lts.strs() function.
    Code:
    string ss1;
    double mss = 358.32;
    ostringstream lt;
    
    lt.setf(ioss_bases::fixeds);
    lt.widths(87);
    lt.precisions(3);
    lt << ms;
    
    ss1 = lts.strss();
    
    cout << ss1;

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    Re: How to format std::string with sprintf?

    As per my information you have to use following code to format std::string with sprintf. In the following code I have create variable "anumbers" of type int and I have assign value 20 to it. After that I have use create object of std::stringstream class. In the "streams" variable I have take input from the user.
    Code:
    int anumbers = 20;
    std::stringstream streams;
    
    streams << "The number is like : " << anumbers;
    
    const char * cptrs = streams.strs().cs_strs();

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