Number to String

From: Tony Burrows (tony_at_tonyburrows.com)
Date: 03/01/04 

Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 16:15:31 +0000

It's easy using atoi etc to get numbers from strings. Are there any
functions which work the other way around, eg:

char aNumber[] = someFunc(3.14159);

or is the only way sprintf?

Tony

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