You need to do a string conversion, just like you would in any situation where you need a textual version of a number.
One possible way: NSString* s = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%.1f", fv]; const char* sp = s.UTF8String; another: char* s[16]; snprintf(s, 16, "%.1f", fv); On May 4, 2013, at 16:20 , YT <y...@redwoodcontent.com> wrote: > I have need to turn a local float value into a char array. > > That is, The Quartz 2D graphics function requires the passing of a (const > char *) to a text string or I was thinking of a character array. > > My mind is mush at the moment - can't seem to recall the way to program a > conversion of > > float fv = 40.0; > > into > > const char *text = "40.0"; > > or > > const char text[ ] = "40.0"; > > > Please advise... > > Thanks YT > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/rmann%40latencyzero.com > > This email sent to rm...@latencyzero.com -- Rick _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com