Convert char array to single int?

There are mulitple ways of converting a string to an int.

Solution 1: Using Legacy C functionality

int main()
{
    //char hello[5];     
    //hello = "12345";   --->This wont compile

    char hello[] = "12345";

    Printf("My number is: %d", atoi(hello)); 

    return 0;
}

Solution 2: Using lexical_cast(Most Appropriate & simplest)

int x = boost::lexical_cast<int>("12345");

Solution 3: Using C++ Streams

std::string hello("123"); 
std::stringstream str(hello); 
int x;  
str >> x;  
if (!str) 
{      
   // The conversion failed.      
}

If you are using C++11, you should probably use stoi because it can distinguish between an error and parsing "0".

try {
    int number = std::stoi("1234abc");
} catch (std::exception const &e) {
    // This could not be parsed into a number so an exception is thrown.
    // atoi() would return 0, which is less helpful if it could be a valid value.
}

It should be noted that "1234abc" is implicitly converted from a char[] to a std:string before being passed to stoi().

Convert char array to single int?

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