QString to double-value

strangelookingnerd

Hello there!

For a measurement software I need to present several values to the user via Qwt.
From predefined methods I get QStrings like this:
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QString temperature = "-30.8 °C"
QString conductivity = "4.30e^-5 mS/cm"
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For using those values in a Qwt plot i need to convert them into doubles. So I need to cut off the unit and use QString::toDouble().
I tried it by using
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QString::remove(QRegExp("\D")).toDouble();
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which won't work since it eg. removes the "e"-part in conductivity and so on.
Since my solution is some kind of library, I can't use sth like QString::remove("mS/cm"). Further I can't change the output of the methods that return me those QStrings.
Anyone having an idea how to solve this?

Hostel

My first and most simple solution is: find first space and remove from space to end of string. I don't know else examples of probable data, so I don't know if this would be a good solution.

lgeyer

Or, if you want to stick to your approach, use a better expression.
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QString::remove(QRegExp(" .*")).toDouble();
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andre

And please, check the result of toDouble by using the bool* ok flag, and do something sensible if it fails. You cannot assume a QString to bool conversion always succeeds.

vezprog

you could always use QString(string).split(" ") if you know that there is always going to be a space inbetween the unit specification and the number. So when you set that equal to a stringlist, your first array element will be what your looking for. Then manipulate from there.

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QString temperature = "-30.8 °C"
QString conductivity = "4.30e^-5 mS/cm"

QStringList tempSL = temperature.split(" ");
QStringList tempCN = conductivity.split(" ");

double value1 = QString(tempSL[0]).toDouble();
double value2 = QString(tempCN[0]).toDouble();
@

Im not sure of your application but this is how I would do it if I were possibly going to need the units in the future (which are located in the 2nd element of the stringlists). Heres the docs incase you find a better way to use it: http://developer.qt.nokia.com/doc/qt-4.8/qstring.html#split

:)

strangelookingnerd

[quote author="Lukas Geyer" date="1326285390"]Or, if you want to stick to your approach, use a better expression.
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QString::remove(QRegExp(" .*")).toDouble();
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[/quote]

This is pretty much what I needed, thank you very much. Wonder why I didn't came up with it by myself :D

[quote author="Andre" date="1326287063"]And please, check the result of toDouble by using the bool* ok flag, and do something sensible if it fails. You cannot assume a QString to bool conversion always succeeds. [/quote]

I do, but so far never came to a point where the conversion (in my application) actually failed. Lucky me!

[quote author="dvez43" date="1326288531"]you could always use QString(string).split(" ") if you know that there is always going to be a space inbetween the unit specification and the number. So when you set that equal to a stringlist, your first array element will be what your looking for. Then manipulate from there.

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QString temperature = "-30.8 °C"
QString conductivity = "4.30e^-5 mS/cm"

QStringList tempSL = temperature.split(" ");
QStringList tempCN = conductivity.split(" ");

double value1 = QString(tempSL[0]).toDouble();
double value2 = QString(tempCN[0]).toDouble();
@

Im not sure of your application but this is how I would do it if I were possibly going to need the units in the future (which are located in the 2nd element of the stringlists). Heres the docs incase you find a better way to use it: http://developer.qt.nokia.com/doc/qt-4.8/qstring.html#split

:)
[/quote]

In fact this would work to. Can't tell which works better for my case. Since Qwt-plot won't need the units so far I stick to sth like this:

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bool ok;
double valueForQwt = QStringWithUnit.remove(QRegExp(" .*")).toDouble(&ok);
if(!ok)
//Error
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Thanks to all of you!