Using a const char*
#include <sstream> #include <iostream> //used for cout int main() { const char* str = "12345"; std::stringstream ss( str ); int i; ss >> i; if (ss.fail()) { // Error } else { std::cout << "The integer value is: " << i; } return 0; }
Using a C++ style string
#include <sstream> #include <iostream> //used for cout int main() { std::string str = "12345"; std::istringstream ss(str); int i; ss >> i; if (ss.fail()) { // Error } else { std::cout << "The integer value is: " << i; } return 0; }
This method of converting strings to integers is type safe.
You can use either istringstream or stringstream in these examples.
