Re: [Boost-users] [string] HowTo: equiv of printf("%.5s\n", myBuf10);

Jeff Garland wrote:

Paul Giaccone wrote:

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Lynn Allan wrote:

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I've been puzzled about doing the equivalent of: printf("%.5s\n", myBuf10); and also: printf("%.*s\n", 5, myBuf10); Note: newbie with std::string ... using Microsoft vc7.1 compiler

Thanks.

string isn't a Boost library. You're unlikely to get any help here. Try posting to comp.lang.c++ on Google Groups.

Ture, but format is a Boost library. You might have a look at:

http://www.boost.org/libs/format/doc/format.html

You can use format with a std::stringstream and then extract an std::string.

Ah, my mistake. I didn't spot that. Apologies. Paul