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Convert binary string to integer using stoi() function in C++ STL

C++ STL stoi() function: Here, we are going to learn how to convert a given binary string to an integer using stoi() function.
Submitted by IncludeHelp, on March 11, 2019

Problem statement

Given a binary string, we have to convert it into an integer using stoi() function.

C++ STL stoi() function

stoi() stands for string to integer, it is a standard library function in C++ STL, it is used to convert a given string in various formats (like binary, octal, hex or a simple number in string formatted) into an integer.

Syntax

int stoi (const string&  str, [size_t* idx], [int base]);

Parameters

• const string& str is an input string.
• size_t* idx is an optional parameter (pointer to the object whose value is set by the function), it's default value is 0 or we can assign it to nullptr.
• int base is also an optional parameter, its default is 10. It specifies the radix to determine the value type of input string (2 for binary, 8 for octal, 10 for decimal and 16 for hexadecimal).

Return value

It returns converted integer value.

Here is an example with sample input and output:

Input:
string bin_string = "10101010";

Function call:
stoi(bin_string, 0, 2);

Output:
170

C++ STL code to convert a binary string into an integer

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main() {
  string bin_string = "10101010";
  int number = 0;

  number = stoi(bin_string, 0, 2);
  cout << "bin_string: " << bin_string << endl;
  cout << "number: " << number << endl;

  bin_string = "111100001100111010";
  number = stoi(bin_string, 0, 2);
  cout << "bin_string: " << bin_string << endl;
  cout << "number: " << number << endl;

  return 0;
}

Output

bin_string: 10101010
number: 170
bin_string: 111100001100111010
number: 246586

Reference: std::stoi()