[c] How to convert integer to string in C?

I tried this example:

/* itoa example */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main ()
{
    int i;
    char buffer [33];
    printf ("Enter a number: ");
    scanf ("%d",&i);
    itoa (i,buffer,10);
    printf ("decimal: %s\n",buffer);
    itoa (i,buffer,16);
    printf ("hexadecimal: %s\n",buffer);
    itoa (i,buffer,2);
    printf ("binary: %s\n",buffer);
    return 0;
}

but the example there doesn't work (it says the function itoa doesn't exist).

This question is related to c string integer type-conversion

The answer is


Making your own itoa is also easy, try this :

char* itoa(int i, char b[]){
    char const digit[] = "0123456789";
    char* p = b;
    if(i<0){
        *p++ = '-';
        i *= -1;
    }
    int shifter = i;
    do{ //Move to where representation ends
        ++p;
        shifter = shifter/10;
    }while(shifter);
    *p = '\0';
    do{ //Move back, inserting digits as u go
        *--p = digit[i%10];
        i = i/10;
    }while(i);
    return b;
}

or use the standard sprintf() function.


That's because itoa isn't a standard function. Try snprintf instead.

char str[LEN];
snprintf(str, LEN, "%d", 42);

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