More than one instance of overloaded function to_string matches the argument list

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But I get an error at the std of std::to_string

#include <iostream> #include <string> int main() { std::string s = std::to_string(42); return 0; }

Did you read the first comment under that answer? Specifically "to_string not a member of std fix: stackoverflow.com/questions/12975341/… " — Jonny Henly
– Jonny Henly, Commented Feb 26, 2016 at 4:09
@JonnyHenly That's not the error message he says he's getting. — Barmar
– Barmar, Commented Feb 26, 2016 at 4:22
Possible duplicate of std::to_string - more than instance of overloaded function matches the argument list — Barmar
– Barmar, Commented Feb 26, 2016 at 4:24

Cheers and hth. - Alf · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-26 04:48:11Z

The error message you get can't be generated for a standard-conforming library implementation.

So, the best solution is to upgrade the compiler (presumably it's some years old Visual C++).

An alternative is to use an argument of type long, and hope that that's one of the existing overloads:

std::to_string( 42L )

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