float array to string - urgent!!!

All,
I have an array of 8 floating point numbers which i need to convert to a string so that i can send it over a network so my VB front end can read it.

How do i convert the floats to a string??

Need to get this sorted quick....been struggling with it for 2 days now

Matt

C:
sprintf
%f is a floating var.

C++:
ostringstream
in the header <sstream>
use it like any other stream (cout, ofstream)

Im not actually printing them to screen.....i need to convert the floats to one big string and then write them character by character across the network...

Matt

printf prints to the screen.
sprintf prints to a string


ostream prints to the stream
ostringstream prints to a string



I know what I'm talking about.

Code:

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#include <sstream>
using std::ostringstream;

float  arF[10];

void Convert(float *arF, int len, std::string &str)
{
  ostringstream ss;
  for(float *p = arF; p < arF+len, p++) {
    ss << *p;
  }
  str = ss.str();
}

---

Add formatting options as you wish.

I sussed it!!!

I used sprintf and it solved the problem....sorry for the confusion, i guess it was me not knowing what i am doing!!! Im a hardware engineer after all, not a softy!

Thanks
Matt