Best way to format numbers in strings

[BasicPoke]

My broader question is that I need to learn how to format numbers in strings. My immediate concern is to format a char as a hex # using two characters, that is with a leading 0 if necessary. I have done a lot of searching and have not found an easy solution. I have seen QString::number and QString::arg but these seem very awkward. Is there anything as simple in Qt as printf? I know there is QString::sprintf but this is not recommend for use. I know I can add my own leading 0 if the result is only 1 char, but is that the only way?

I just want my printf back. :(
Thanks
Ron

[clochydd]

Hi,
isn't that simple enough?

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int i = 1;
qDebug i << i << QString::number(i).rightJustified(2, '0');

shows: 1 "01"
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[Xander84]

Why do you think QString::number and QString::arg is awkward? :D
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int i = 10;
QString::number(i, 16).rightJustified(2, '0');
QString("%1").arg(i, 2, 16, QLatin1Char('0'));
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both will output "0a"

printf will be slower in most cases, because the string has to be parsed at run time, if you chain methods in c++ the compiler knows what you want to do so it should always be faster. At least I think that will happen, there may be compiler optimizations for printf, no clue :D