A hacky way to get a string from a float in C++

main.cpp

// A hacky way to get a string from a float in C++

#include <iostream>
#include <math.h>

std::string float_to_string(const double& number, int precision)
{
    int adjustment_int = pow(10, precision);
    int intermediate_value = number * adjustment_int;
    double truncated_float = intermediate_value / (double) adjustment_int;

    std::string truncated_float_string = std::to_string(truncated_float);

    while (truncated_float_string[truncated_float_string.size() - 1] == '0')
        truncated_float_string.pop_back();

    return truncated_float_string;
}


int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    float number = 23.92367345;
    std::cout << float_to_string(number, 2) << std::endl;

    float number_2 = 924.63491;
    std::cout << float_to_string(number_2, 3) << std::endl;

    float number_3 = -1.72346;
    std::cout << float_to_string(number_3, 1) << std::endl;
}