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Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int>

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On 06/20/11 06:09 PM, Juha Nieminen wrote:
> Paul<pchristor@yahoo.co.uk>  wrote:
>> He seems to be trying to convert a string to an int,
>
>    No, he isn't. He is trying to convert a string containing a very large
> (ascii representation of an) integer into a set of ints, which is something
> atoi() won't do (nor can you easily even use it to implement the task in
> question). If you tried to use atoi() for this, if the string represents
> an integer larger than can fit in an int, he will get an incorrect answer.
>
>> What is incompetent about trying to provide a helpfull suggestion?
>
>    Because it was not helpful. atoi() cannot be used to solve the problem.
> If you tried to give us some actual code you would see it yourself.

Even in C, atoi() should be avoided in favour of the strtol() family.

-- 
Ian Collins

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Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Anonymous <anonymous@no.net> - 2011-06-18 19:59 +0200
  Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-18 20:08 +0100
    Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Anonymous <anonymous@no.net> - 2011-06-18 23:55 +0200
      Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-06-18 18:26 -0400
    Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-06-19 06:15 +0000
      Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-19 08:02 +0100
        Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Anonymous <anonymous@no.net> - 2011-06-19 12:19 +0200
          Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-19 16:07 +0100
            Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Anonymous <anonymous@no.net> - 2011-06-19 17:50 +0200
            Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-06-20 06:12 +0000
              Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-20 09:57 +0100
        Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-06-20 06:09 +0000
          Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-20 09:48 +0100
          Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-20 20:59 +1200
            Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-20 10:17 +0100
              Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Lasse Reichstein Nielsen <lrn.unread@gmail.com> - 2011-06-20 22:47 +0200
                Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-20 22:05 +0100
  Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-19 08:35 +1200
  Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-06-19 06:23 +0000
    Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Kai-Uwe Bux <jkherciueh@gmx.net> - 2011-06-19 12:14 +0200
    Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Anonymous <anonymous@no.net> - 2011-06-19 13:13 +0200
      Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-06-19 11:42 -0400
        Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-19 20:54 +0100
        Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Anonymous <anonymous@no.net> - 2011-06-19 23:06 +0200
          Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-06-19 17:18 -0400
          Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-20 00:11 +0100
            Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-20 00:32 +0100
    Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-06-20 06:18 +0000
  Re: Conversion of a number from string to vector<int> Sam <sam@email-scan.com> - 2011-06-21 06:05 -0500

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