19 General utilities library [utilities]

19.19 Primitive numeric conversions [charconv]

19.19.1 Header <charconv> synopsis [charconv.syn]

namespace std {
  // floating-point format for primitive numerical conversion
  enum class chars_­format {
    scientific = unspecified,
    fixed = unspecified,
    hex = unspecified,
    general = fixed | scientific
  };

  // [charconv.to.chars], primitive numerical output conversion
  struct to_­chars_­result {
    char* ptr;
    errc ec;
  };

  to_chars_result to_chars(char* first, char* last, see below value, int base = 10);

  to_chars_result to_chars(char* first, char* last, float value);
  to_chars_result to_chars(char* first, char* last, double value);
  to_chars_result to_chars(char* first, char* last, long double value);

  to_chars_result to_chars(char* first, char* last, float value, chars_format fmt);
  to_chars_result to_chars(char* first, char* last, double value, chars_format fmt);
  to_chars_result to_chars(char* first, char* last, long double value, chars_format fmt);

  to_chars_result to_chars(char* first, char* last, float value,
                           chars_format fmt, int precision);
  to_chars_result to_chars(char* first, char* last, double value,
                           chars_format fmt, int precision);
  to_chars_result to_chars(char* first, char* last, long double value,
                           chars_format fmt, int precision);

  // [charconv.from.chars], primitive numerical input conversion
  struct from_­chars_­result {
    const char* ptr;
    errc ec;
  };

  from_chars_result from_chars(const char* first, const char* last,
                               see below& value, int base = 10);

  from_chars_result from_chars(const char* first, const char* last, float& value,
                               chars_format fmt = chars_format::general);
  from_chars_result from_chars(const char* first, const char* last, double& value,
                               chars_format fmt = chars_format::general);
  from_chars_result from_chars(const char* first, const char* last, long double& value,
                               chars_format fmt = chars_format::general);
}
The type chars_­format is a bitmask type ([bitmask.types]) with elements scientific, fixed, and hex.