ToString

Converts a value to a string.

Method Signature

ToString(value=[any], encoding=[string])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
value	any	true	Value to convert to a string; can be a simple value such as an integer, a binary object, or an XML document object.
encoding	string	false	The character encoding (character set) of the string, used with binary data.

Examples

Base64 value to binary to string

Run Example

base64Value = toBase64( "stringValue" );
binaryValue = toBinary( base64Value );
stringValue = toString( binaryValue );
writeOutput( stringValue );

Result: Expected Result: stringValue

Structure to String

Run Example

s = { 
	"a" : "1",
	"b" : "2"
};
writeOutput( toString( s ) );

Result: {a={1},b={2}}

Member syntax

Run Example

num = 42;
writeOutput( num.toString() );

Result: 42

Additional Examples

Run Example

writeDump( toString( 45 ) );
dt = now();
writeDump( toString( dt ) );

Run Example

number = randrange( 1, 10 );
writeDump( number.toString() );
dt = now();
writeDump( dt.toString() );

Related

• ToNumeric

• JSONPrettify

• JSONDeserialize

• ToScript

• ToUnmodifiable

• ToBase64

• DataNavigate

• ParseNumber

• LSParseNumber

• ToBinary

• ToModifiable

• JSONSerialize