Float to String conversion

Hardware (and firmware) Dash
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OK, this must be just me being dumb on a Monday, but here it goes…

On other Arduino platforms I can do:

float sensorValue = sensor.readValue();
String sensorString = String(sensorValue);

Then I can send the float value converted to a string off to the Cloud (in this case ThingSpeak). However, for some strange reason, when I do this with the Dash it gives me no error message, but just has a null value for “sensorString” and nothing to send over.

Now, I can successfully do this:

 int sensorValue = sensor.readValue();
 String sensorString = String(sensorValue);

Then I have an integer converted to a string and I can send that along. That’s not a huge problem for me, but it would be nice to have that extra precision and really makes no sense to me!

?!?!

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Hey, Chris,

Same issue here (posted in “Library Compatibility” (https://community.konekt.io/t/library-compatibility/94/6)) since it seems to relate to Dash not having the functionality of my beloved dtostrf() function, which can directly do what you and I need on a plain-Jane Arduino Uno. Sigh…

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Glad to hear it isn’t just me losing my mind! I’m reusing code that works on Arduino Mega, Arduino Mini Pro and ESP8266 so I couldn’t figure out what was going on. I can live with integers for now, but when I try to send GPS data over that will need long decimal points or it won’t give me much of a position fix! :slight_smile:

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HA! What’s the GPS precision for an integer? 500 miles or so? :sunglasses:

Indeed that float into string capability would be most welcome.

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We just released a new arduino integration that should fix this. Your arduino IDE should detect it automatically

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Thanks very much! I will check it out tonight.

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Thanks, Reuben. I will make good use of it.

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Just tested it and it works fine! Thanks for getting this done so quickly!

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Five fields of floating point data now heading to the Cloud in a single string, and on to a happy home in Thingspeak.