How do I convert a long to a string in C++?

Question

How do I convert a long to a string in C++?

Answer 1

You could use stringstream.

#include 

// ...
std::string number;
std::stringstream strstream;
strstream << 1L;
strstream >> number;

There is usually some proprietary C functions in the standard library for your compiler that does it too. I prefer the more "portable" variants though.

The C way to do it would be with sprintf, but that is not very secure. In some libraries there is new versions like sprintf_s which protects against buffer overruns.