String

Conversion functions String

concept

• string is a string value type.
• string() is a function converting data items or units of other value types to the string value type.

This page describes the string() function.

syntax

• string(a)

definition

• string(a) results in a string data item converted from item a.

string(), and convert to a string unit, write numbers and points without thousand separators, whatever the option Show thousand separator of the GUI Options dialog or the /SH command line option says. The text of a point therefore parses back, and keys and storage names made from such texts are the same in runs with and without the option. The string of a null point is null.

applies to

• data item or unit with Numeric, uint2, uint4, or bool value type

example

attribute<string> stringA (ADomain) := string(A);

A(int32)	stringA
0	'0'
1	'1'
256	'256'
-100	'-100'
9999	'9999'

ADomain, nr of rows = 5