to_string
Description:
[ CCode ( cname = "g_strdup_printf" , instance_pos = -1 ) ]
public string to_string (string format = "%g")
public string to_string (string format = "%g")
Similar to the standard C `sprintf()` function but safer, since it calculates the maximum space required and allocates memory to hold the result.
The returned string is guaranteed to be non-NULL, unless format contains `lc` or `
ls` conversions, which can fail if no multibyte representation is available for the given character.
Example: Float to string:
public static int main () {
float num = 0.123f;
print ("%s\n", num.to_string ());
return 0;
}valac --pkg glib-2.0 float.to_string.valaParameters:
| format |
a standard `printf()` format string, but notice [string precision pitfalls](string-utils.html#string-precision-pitfalls) |
| ... |
the parameters to insert into the format string |
Returns:
|
a newly-allocated string holding the result |