Re: [Boost-users] boost::format, print hex

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost::format, print hex
From: Igor R (boost.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-09 10:29:59

> With the following program I am trying to print the hex of "a". But it is
> not printing it correctly. I have gone through the boost format sysntax
> specification. But I dont have any clue, what am I doing wrong?
>
> char a=0x11;
> stringstream ss;
> ss<<boost::format("%|02X|")%a;
> cout<<ss.str()<<endl;

Assuming your format string is correct (I haven't checked against the
doc), try casting your char to int: (int)a