hello
i have just joined this group.SO sorry if i am posting in the wrong forum.

well i have a function FtpWrite(void *string_to_be_writteninfile, int , netbuf*)

i want to write the size of a file inside a file. so basically i have an interger lets say int size=5;
so now i have to write 5 in my file.
so how can i convert the int size into void * as this is wat is passed as a parameter to the function.

Depending on how you will be using the file, the simplest choice is probably to write the int as raw (not text, not formatted) data in the file

BTW, a programmer of my experience level ought to remember which of C vs. C++ or both and under what conditions, you could write simply &size where a void* is needed and the compiler will cast implicitly. I intentionally don't memorize such details, because I think this kind of code is more maintainable if you explicitly code (void*)(&size) even if the compiler would have understood less.

thankyou so much jonsfine for the help......
i tried it...but instead of the filesize some strange charracters are written in the file......
this is a piece of my code::

m_wrt = FtpWrite((void*)(&m_ulSize), sizeof(m_ulSize), p_nhandler);

So if you want to read the file as text, this method obviously won't work.

It would work if you want another program to read the raw data back with a operation that properly corresponds to the one used to write the data out.

Exactly as I would expect. The size is written as raw data, not as text.

If you need the size written as text, you'll need to use some function (there are many choices) that converts an integer to text. You'll also need to select either a fixed number of digits or a delimiter to put in the file, so whatever reads the file knows where the number ends.

thanks a lot...
can you please suggest me some functions which can convert int to text??