C++11 includes std::stoi, why not std::itos?

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I noticed to my glee that C++11 has a std::sto@ family of functions for easily unpacking ints/floats/longs whatever from strings. I'm surprised however, that the opposite isn't implemented. Why didn't the standards committee include a std::itos family of functions for going from ints/floats/whatever (back) to strings?

score 45 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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I was mistaken, there is a set of "Xtos" functions, they are all just named to_string. Each to_string is overloaded to take a different basic type, i.e.:

std::string to_string(float f);
std::string to_string(int f);
...

See here for more info.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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answered May 11 '12 at 20:43

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C++11 includes std::stoi, why not std::itos?

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