How do I convert an int to a string?

[Emma Naylor]

So I am making a program that prints 5 random cards. I am using a class and I need to set an int between 1 and 4 to a suit in ascending order. Where should I change it, and how can I make it be a string instead of an int?

  class Card {
      private:
              int number, suit;
      public:
             Card () {
                  number = 1;
                  suit = 1;
                  };
             Card (int N, int S) {
                  number = N;
                  suit = S;
                  };
             void setCard(int N, int S){
                  number = N;
                  suit = S;
                  };
             int getNumber () {
                  return number;
                  };
             string getSuit () {
                  return suit;
                  };
             void printCard(){
                  //the conversion should go here?        
                  cout << getNumber() << " of " << getSuit() << endl;
                  };
};

[mobotus]

You could always make an array of strings with the suit names already in them.

const string suits[] = {"Clubs", "Diamonds", "Hearts", "Spades"}

[Emma Naylor]

I haven't learned how to do that yet. My instructor wants me to do it this way.

[mobotus]

Wow building Classes and using strings but not string arrays, but the limitation is what the Instructor set so...

If it was me I would make getSuit() do the work, it already returns a string so pass in the "int suit" to it and let figure it out.

string getSuit(int num){

     string str;
     if//Code here
     else if...

     return str;

}

[Emma Naylor]

That's it! Thank you so much for your help!