How to convert int to QString?

Question

Is there a QString function which takes an int and outputs it as a QString?

Answer 1

In it's simplest form, use the answer of Georg Fritzsche

For a bit advanced, you can use this,

QString QString::arg ( int a, int fieldWidth = 0, int base = 10, const QChar & fillChar = QLatin1Char( ' ' ) ) const

Get the documentation and an example here..

Answer 2

Moreover to convert whatever you want, you can use QVariant. For an int to a QString you get:

QVariant(3).toString();

A float to a string or a string to a float:

QVariant(3.2).toString();
QVariant("5.2").toFloat();

Answer 3

Yet another option is to use QTextStream and the << operator in much the same way as you would use cout in C++:

QPoint point(5,1);
QString str;
QTextStream(&str) << "Mouse click: (" << point.x() << ", " << point.y() << ").";

// OUTPUT:
// Mouse click: (5, 1).

Because operator <<() has been overloaded, you can use it for multiple types, not just int. QString::arg() is overloaded, for example arg(int a1, int a2), but there is no arg(int a1, QString a2), so using QTextStream() and operator << is convenient when formatting longer strings with mixed types.

Caution: You might be tempted to use the sprintf() facility to mimic C style printf() statements, but it is recommended to use QTextStream or arg() because they support Unicode strings.

Answer 4

And if you want to put it into string within some text context, forget about + operator. Simply do:

// Qt 5 + C++11
auto i = 13;    
auto printable = QStringLiteral("My magic number is %1. That's all!").arg(i);

// Qt 5
int i = 13;    
QString printable = QStringLiteral("My magic number is %1. That's all!").arg(i);

// Qt 4
int i = 13;    
QString printable = QString::fromLatin1("My magic number is %1. That's all!").arg(i);

Answer 5

Just for completeness, you can use the standard library and do QString qstr = QString::fromStdString(std::to_string(42));

Answer 6

I always use QString::setNum().

int i = 10;
double d = 10.75;
QString str;
str.setNum(i);
str.setNum(d);

setNum() is overloaded in many ways. See QString class reference.