Can somone explain dsprintf?

#1 You use dAtoi/dAtob/dAtof for that.

Besides, you can get the syntax to dSprintf all over the source.

#2 Thank you for this help I will look into dAtoi...

One of my friends and co-workers on this project mention that you can you dsprintf even though it wasn't created for this, but it is a bit tricky in using it. I talk to him tonight and he explained how to use it. I ended up just using strings.h and strcmp, but this is not going to be a permanent solution since it is windows specific.

I will definitely look into dAtob... , especially if it is not machine specific. It isn't is it?

#3 Nathan -

it's a bit unclear exactly what you want here.

you have a const char* which is along the lines of "0", "1" or some other number like "123",
and you want to convert it to a boolean or an int ?

if so, dSprintf cannot be used.

you want to use what stefan recommended: dAtob for bools, or dAtoi for ints.

eg:
S32 myInt = dAtoi("123");
(S32 is the torque version of int)

if however you want to go the other direction,
ie from an int to a string,
then yes, dSprintf is your boy,
and you would use it thus:
char buf[100];
dSprintf(buf, 100, "%d", myInt);

- 100 is obviously way more than you need,
and to understand the "%d", consult google for "sprintf".

#4 Oh now it makes why more sense! Thank you so much this is very helpful!

I will use bool myBool = dAtob(myChar);

My friend must have gotten mixed up. I am also very glad to now understand what dSprintf does.

Thank you all. And a big thanks to Orion Elenzil for explaining everything. That is what I was looking for.

#5 Glad it worked out !

#6 I suspect your friend pointed you [or should have...] at dSscanf, not dSprintf.

sscanf is very powerful but honestly if all you have is a string containing a decimal number, then you should stick with dAtoi or dAtob.

Gary (-;