sk_utils.h

#ifndef SK_UTILS_H
#define SK_UTILS_H

/************************************************************/
/*  Tools for converting to and from                        */
/*  C/C++ strings into basic types                          */
/*  bool, int and float                                     */
/************************************************************/

#include <sstream>
#include <iomanip>      // for setprecision(n)
#include <stdlib.h>     // for itoa()/itof()

using namespace std;    // because I like readable code!

namespace sku
{
    // default floating point precision
        extern int8_t DFP;
    // floating point precision value
        extern int8_t FP;

    void setFP(uint16_t p = DFP);


    /************************************************************/
    /*      To C string                                         */
    /************************************************************/
        const char* tocs(bool, bool alpha = false);     // From bool
        const char* tocs(int32_t);                      // From int
        const char* tocs(float, uint8_t p = FP);        // From float
        const char* tocs(string);                       // From C++ string - for convenience

    /************************************************************/
    /*      To C++ string                                       */
    /************************************************************/
        string tos(bool, bool alpha = false);           // From bool
        string tos(int32_t);                            // From int
        string tos(uint32_t);
        string tos(int64_t);
        string tos(uint64_t);                           // From int
        string tos(float, uint8_t p = FP);              // From float
        string tos(double, uint8_t p = FP);
        string tos(const char*);                        // From C string

    /************************************************************/
    /*      To Bool                                             */
    /************************************************************/
        bool stob(const char*);     // C string to bool
        bool stob(string);          // C++ string to bool

    /************************************************************/
    /*      To Int                                              */
    /************************************************************/
        int32_t stoi(const char* c);                    // C string to int
        int32_t stoi(string);                           // C++ string to int

    /************************************************************/
    /*      To Float                                            */
    /************************************************************/
        float stof(const char*);                        // C string to float (double?)
        float stof(string);                             // C++ string to float (double?)


} // namespace sku
#endif