_ltoa, _ltow

Converts a long integer to a string. More secure versions of these functions are available; see _ltoa_s, _ltow_s.

char *_ltoa(
   long value,
   char *str,
   int radix 
);
wchar_t *_ltow(
   long value,
   wchar_t *str,
   int radix 
);
template <size_t size>
char *_ltoa(
   long value,
   char (&str)[size],
   int radix 
); // C++ only
template <size_t size>
wchar_t *_ltow(
   long value,
   wchar_t (&str)[size],
   int radix 
); // C++ only

Parameters

• value
  Number to be converted.

• str
  String result.

• radix
  Base of value.

Return Value

Each of these functions returns a pointer to str. There is no error return.

Remarks

The _ltoa function converts the digits of value to a null-terminated character string and stores the result (up to 33 bytes) in str. The radix argument specifies the base of value, which must be in the range 2 – 36. If radix equals 10 and value is negative, the first character of the stored string is the minus sign (–). _ltow is a wide-character version of _ltoa; the second argument and return value of _ltow are wide-character strings. Each of these functions is Microsoft-specific.

Security Note:
To prevent buffer overruns, ensure that the str buffer is large enough to hold the converted digits plus the trailing null-character and a sign character.

In C++, these functions have template overloads. For more information, see Secure Template Overloads.

Generic-Text Routine Mappings

Requirements

For more compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.

Example

See the example for _itoa.

.NET Framework Equivalent

System::Convert::ToString

See Also

Reference

Data Conversion

_itoa, _i64toa, _ui64toa, _itow, _i64tow, _ui64tow

_ultoa, _ultow