Property	Value
Hex Value	`$EF97`
Categories
Localizations	FR: `versChaîne(`

`toString(`

Overview

Converts value to a string where value can be real, complex, an evaluated expression, list, or matrix. String value displays in classic format (0) following the mode setting AUTO/DEC or in decimal format (1).

Comment:CE OS 5.2+

Availability: Token only available from within the Basic editor.

Syntax

toString((value[,format])

Arguments

Name	Type	Optional
value		Yes
format		Yes

Location

prgm, E:toString(, C:toString(

Description

The toString( command, given any value including real numbers, complex numbers, lists, or matrices, returns the string representation of the value of the input.

toString(1337       //returns "1337"

toString({1,2,3}    //returns "{1,2,3}"

toString([[1,2][3,4]]   //returns "[[1,2][3,4]]"

toString(√-1     //returns imaginary number "i"

toString( has less limitations than the eval( command. It can handle lists, matrices, and complex numbers. Another difference from eval( is that toString( is affected by display mode changes like Fix.

toString( replaces the old number-to-string routine previously used prior to OS 5.2.

Error Conditions

ERR:DATA TYPE is thrown when the input is a string.
ERR:NONREAL ANSWERS is thrown when the input is a complex number and your calculator is in REAL mode.
ERR:SYNTAX is thrown when trying to evaluate a command that doesn't return a value.

eval(
expr(

Source: parts of this page were written by the following TI|BD contributors: Battlesquid, jonbush, kg583, Michael2_3B, VoxelPrismatic.

History

Calculator	OS Version	Description
TI-84+CE	5.2.0	Added

Authors: Adrien Bertrand

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