How to parse a string to an int in C++?

Question

What\'s the C++ way of parsing a string (given as char *) into an int? Robust and clear error handling is a plus (instead of returning zero).

Answer 1

From C++17 onwards you can use std::from_chars from the header as documented here.

For example:

#include 
#include 
#include 

int main()
{
    char const * str = "42";
    int value = 0;

    std::from_chars_result result = std::from_chars(std::begin(str), std::end(str), value);

    if(result.error == std::errc::invalid_argument)
    {
      std::cout << "Error, invalid format";
    }
    else if(result.error == std::errc::result_out_of_range)
    {
      std::cout << "Error, value too big for int range";
    }
    else
    {
      std::cout << "Success: " << result;
    }
}

As a bonus, it can also handle other bases, like hexadecimal.