Alternative to boost::lexical_cast

Question

I\'m taking a part in a challenge, and just to cut to the point, in one of places in my program I need to convert string to an integer. I\'ve tried boost::lexical_cast but u

Answer 1

You could do it using sscanf but I suspect it's slower than atoi as it handles locales.

You'll definitely be interested in reading this C++ Convert String to Int Speed benchmark that features a naive implementation that is faster than atoi.

EDIT: Another post comparing different string to int implementations: C++ String to Int.