Some examples of a very useful Qt function: QString::number
. This function is helpful in converting double/float to string. QString, to be more precise 😉
QString::number
has got 3 parameters:
- double n – number, which will be converted
- char format = 'g – format: available formats are f, e, E, g, G. Default is 'g’:
- int precision = 6 – precision.
QString::number – examples
Let me show some examples. On the end of each line is a output from console:
//f - float
QString::number(3.14159265359, 'f', 0); //3
QString::number(3.14159265359, 'f', 1); //3.1
QString::number(3.14159265359, 'f', 2); //3.14
QString::number(3.14159265359, 'f', 15);//3.141592653590000
//e - exponential notation
QString::number(3.14159265359, 'e', 15); //3.141592653590000e+00
QString::number(3.14159265359, 'E', 15); //3.141592653590000E+00
//g/G - "general" - in this case: "f"
QString::number(3.14159265359, 'g', 0); //3
QString::number(3.14159265359, 'g', 1); //3
QString::number(3.14159265359, 'g', 2); //3.1
QString::number(3.14159265359, 'g', 15); //3.14159265359
QString::number(3.14159265359, 'G', 2); //3.1
QString::number(3.14159265359, 'G', 15); //3.14159265359
//g/G - "general" - in this case: "e/E"
QString::number(2.5e+5, 'g', 0); //2e+05
QString::number(2.5e+5, 'g', 1); //2e+05
QString::number(2.5e+5, 'g', 2); //2.5e+05
QString::number(2.5e+5, 'g', 15); //250000
QString::number(2.5e+5, 'G', 2); //2.5E+05
QString::number(2.5e+5, 'G', 15); //250000
//comparision with f and e/E:
QString::number(2.5e+5, 'f', 2); //250000.00
QString::number(2.5e+5, 'e', 15); //2.500000000000000e+05
QString::number(2.5e+5, 'E', 2); //2.50E+05