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  For complete control of how numbers are converted, use string.format.
 
  For complete control of how numbers are converted, use string.format.

Latest revision as of 14:33, 13 July 2023

Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)

Description

Receives an argument of any type and converts it to a string in a reasonable format.

(string) = tostring(e)
For complete control of how numbers are converted, use string.format.

If the metatable of e has a "__tostring" field, then tostring calls the corresponding value with e as argument, and uses the result of the call as its result.

Parameters

e: (any) value to convert to string

Return values

Returns (string) value converted to string or nil