Difference between revisions of "Tostring"

Revision as of 23:34, 28 November 2012

Function tostring
Converts any passed object to it's string-representation.
Syntax	tostring(Object o)
Returns	string representation of the Object `o`
Part of	Lua
API	none

Example
Convert an integer to a string
Code	local a = tostring(1)
Output	a = "1" (string)

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-{{Stub}}
+{{lowercase}}
-The tostring function receives an argument of any type and converts it to a string.
+{{Function
+|name=tostring
+|args=Object o
+|returns=[[string (type)|string]] representation of the Object <var>o</var>
+|api=none
+|addon=Lua
+|desc=Converts any passed object to it's string-representation.
+|examples=
+{{Example
+|desc=Convert an [[int (type)|integer]] to a [[string (type)|string]]
+|code=local a = tostring(1)
+|output= a = "1" ([[string (type)|string]])
+}}
+{{Example
+|desc=Convert a [[float (type)|float]] to a [[string (type)|string]]
+|code=local b = tostring(3.1415)
+|output= b = "3.1415" ([[string (type)|string]])
+}}
+}}
 [[Category:Lua_Core_Functions]]