Tag Link | [String] | Category | String |
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Type | Substitution | Source Available | No |
Support | Preferred | Version | 5.0 |
Change | Unchanged | Data Source | Any |
Output Type | String | Security | None |
Implementation | LCAPI | Sets | Lasso 8.5, Lasso 8.0, Lasso 7.0, Lasso 6.0, Lasso 5.0 |
[String] casts a value to data type string. Every data type has a string representation.
- Integer and decimal values have their formatting rules applied.
- Maps, arrays, and pairs are displayed in a format suitable for inspecting the elements of the data type.
- Null values map to the empty string.
- Boolean values map to the strings 'True' and 'False'.
[String: 'Value']
Required Parameters | |
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Value | The value which will be converted into a string. |
To cast a value into a string:
Use the [String] tag. The following example performs a string operation on a series of numbers by casting them to string values before applying the concatenation symbol to them.
[Output: (String: 1) + (String: 1)]
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