How do you convert a string into an array of floats?

Question

How would you convert a string, lets say: string Numbers = "0.3 5.7 9.8 6.2 0.54 6.3"; into a float array, such as: float Numbers[6] = {0.3, 5.7, 9.8, 6.2, 0.54, 6.3}; ?

Answer 1

I would use data structures and algorithms from std:: :

#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
#include <iostream>
#include <cassert>
#include <sstream>

int main () {
  std::string Numbers = "0.3 5.7 9.8 6.2 0.54 6.3";

  // If possible, always prefer std::vector to naked array
  std::vector<float> v;

  // Build an istream that holds the input string
  std::istringstream iss(Numbers);

  // Iterate over the istream, using >> to grab floats
  // and push_back to store them in the vector
  std::copy(std::istream_iterator<float>(iss),
        std::istream_iterator<float>(),
        std::back_inserter(v));

  // Put the result on standard out
  std::copy(v.begin(), v.end(),
        std::ostream_iterator<float>(std::cout, ", "));
  std::cout << "\n";
}