ToString (String function)

Convert string to a string (String class)

This function returns the string value of the method object, and is useful for converting a numeric value to a string, or a Unicode value to an EBCDIC string.

Syntax

%outString = string:ToString

Syntax terms

%outString	The result string.
string	The method object input value.

Usage notes

• If the method object string is a Unicode value, it is converted to EBCDIC as would be done by the UnicodeToEbcdic function with the CharacterEncode=True argument.

See also

Float class String class Unicode class	List of Float methods List of String methods List of Unicode methods List of Intrinsic methods	Float methods syntax String methods syntax Unicode methods syntax
Notation conventions for methods