From: Niels Dekker - mail address until 2008-12-31 (nd_mail_address_valid_until_2008-12-31_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-18 17:44:26
Sean Farrow wrote:
> I need to convert and std::string to an int, should I use Lexical_cast
> or can I just use static_cast?
You cannot use static_cast to convert an std::string to an int. But I
think that lexical_cast is indeed the right thing for you.
#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
std::string s = "42";
int i = boost::lexical_cast<int>(s);
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/conversion/lexical_cast.htm
HTH,
-- Niels Dekker http://www.xs4all.nl/~nd/dekkerware Scientific programmer at LKEB, Leiden University Medical Center