Hi Ernest, I second what Peter said. Plus.... You should be aware in switching from ostrstream to std::ostringstream... std::ostringstream does the memory management for you. You don't need to trouble yourself with ostrstream's memory management burden. That alone is worth switching instead of trying to use the obsolete ostrstream! std::ostringstream's backing store is a std::string, so you don't need the ends terminator. Sincerely, --Eljay
