Difference between revisions of "Tostring"
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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. | 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. | ||
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'''Returns''' (string) value converted to string or nil<br/> | '''Returns''' (string) value converted to string or nil<br/> | ||
Revision as of 10:17, 23 August 2018
Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Description
Receives an argument of any type and converts it to a string in a reasonable format. 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.
(string) = tostring(e)
'e: (any) value to convert to string '
Returns (string) value converted to string or nil
