Converting floats to strings quickly (opens in new tab)

When serializing data to JSON, CSV or when logging, we convert numbers to strings. Floating-point numbers are stored in binary, but we need them as decimal strings. The first formally published algorithm is Steele and White's Dragon schemes (specifically Dragin2) in 1990. Since then, faster methods have emerged: Grisu3, Ryū, Schubfach, Grisu-Exact, and Dragonbox. In … Continue reading Converting floats to strings quickly