John Torjo wrote:
Dear boosters,
When needing to dump a lot of data into a string, we usually use boost::format. However, there have been lots of times when I needed a simple and lightweight replacement.
I've used one for quite a while (see attachement). Basic usage: str_stream() << "str" << s << "int " << i; // automatic conversion to string. Example: std::string msg = str_stream() << "There have been " << users << " users logged on so far";
Also, attached an example. Any interest in something like this in boost?
What is wrong with: std::ostringstream oss; oss << "There have been " << users << "users logged on so far"; std::string msg(oss.str()); This can probably even be: std::string msg((std::ostringstream() << "There have been " << users << "users logged on so far").str()); I have to admit that I don't understand any of the reasons for using printf... functions or boost::format instead of the C++ string streams. The latter seem much more natural and easier to me, and are further supported by boost::lexical_cast to make trivial conversions to and from strings even easier.