[Boost-users] [lexical_cast] is it possible to customize the conversion from double to string?

Subject: [Boost-users] [lexical_cast] is it possible to customize the conversion from double to string?
From: Wu Degang (samuelandjw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-08-13 07:56:02

Hi,

The default behavior of lexical_cast<string>(a_double_variable) will 
result in a number string that is very long and barely readable. Is it 
possible to customize the way lexical_cast<string>(a_double_variable) 
can have a similar result as '%.2f' or '%.3e'?

Thank you!

wdg