How to concatenate a std::string and an int?

Question

I thought this would be really simple but it\'s presenting some difficulties. If I have

std::string name = \"John\";
int age = 21;

How do I

Answer 1

• std::ostringstream

#include <sstream>

std::ostringstream s;
s << "John " << age;
std::string query(s.str());

• std::to_string (C++11)

std::string query("John " + std::to_string(age));

• boost::lexical_cast

#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>

std::string query("John " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(age));

Answer 2

In C++11, you can use std::to_string, e.g.:

auto result = name + std::to_string( age );

Answer 3

As a one liner: name += std::to_string(age);

Answer 4

If you have Boost, you can convert the integer to a string using boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(age).

Another way is to use stringstreams:

std::stringstream ss;
ss << age;
std::cout << name << ss.str() << std::endl;

A third approach would be to use sprintf or snprintf from the C library.

char buffer[128];
snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s%d", name.c_str(), age);
std::cout << buffer << std::endl;

Other posters suggested using itoa. This is NOT a standard function, so your code will not be portable if you use it. There are compilers that don't support it.

Answer 5

This problem can be done in many ways. I will show it in two ways:

1. Convert the number to string using to_string(i).

2. Using string streams.

   Code:

   #include <string>
   #include <sstream>
   #include <bits/stdc++.h>
   #include <iostream>
   using namespace std;
   
   int main() {
       string name = "John";
       int age = 21;
   
       string answer1 = "";
       // Method 1). string s1 = to_string(age).
   
       string s1=to_string(age); // Know the integer get converted into string
       // where as we know that concatenation can easily be done using '+' in C++
   
       answer1 = name + s1;
   
       cout << answer1 << endl;
   
       // Method 2). Using string streams
   
       ostringstream s2;
   
       s2 << age;
   
       string s3 = s2.str(); // The str() function will convert a number into a string
   
       string answer2 = "";  // For concatenation of strings.
   
       answer2 = name + s3;
   
       cout << answer2 << endl;
   
       return 0;
   }
   

Answer 6

There are more options possible to use to concatenate integer (or other numerric object) with string. It is Boost.Format

#include <boost/format.hpp>
#include <string>
int main()
{
    using boost::format;

    int age = 22;
    std::string str_age = str(format("age is %1%") % age);
}

and Karma from Boost.Spirit (v2)

#include <boost/spirit/include/karma.hpp>
#include <iterator>
#include <string>
int main()
{
    using namespace boost::spirit;

    int age = 22;
    std::string str_age("age is ");
    std::back_insert_iterator<std::string> sink(str_age);
    karma::generate(sink, int_, age);

    return 0;
}

Boost.Spirit Karma claims to be one of the fastest option for integer to string conversion.