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number87

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string to float problem

Oct 26th, 2009

I am trying to convert a string "500.00" into float.

When I use this it produces a string 50000, why does it produce such a result?

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atof(bal.c_str());
atof(bal.c_str());

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Tom Gunn

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Oct 26th, 2009

It works OK for me. Maybe the problem is how you are printing the double that atof() returns. What does the following program print when you run it?

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#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
 
int main()
{
    std::string s("500.00");
 
    std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2)
              << std::atof(s.c_str()) << '\n';
}
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>

int main()
{
    std::string s("500.00");

    std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2)
              << std::atof(s.c_str()) << '\n';
}

-Tommy (For Great Justice!) Gunn

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number87

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Oct 26th, 2009

ohh....I didnt include the setprecision and std::fixed. But if I include it, my code still doesnt print right. 500.00 as a string the float just becomes 50000.00

This is exactly what I did in my code.
It is in a function and I pass in string bal

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float tt = atof(bal.c_str());
cout << tt;
float tt = atof(bal.c_str());
cout << tt;

Last edited by number87; Oct 26th, 2009 at 12:42 pm.

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Oct 26th, 2009

Use sstream;

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#include<sstream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;
int main(){
   stringstream converter;
   string str= "3.14";
   converter << str ;  //put in string 
   float PI = 0;
   converter >> PI; //put out float
 return 0;
}
#include<sstream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;
int main(){
   stringstream converter;
   string str= "3.14";
   converter << str ;  //put in string 
   float PI = 0;
   converter >> PI; //put out float
 return 0;
}

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