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--- status: DRAFT
--- author(s): MES
--- notes:
undocumented {
(toString,Sequence),
(toString,Array),
(toString,Package),
(toString,Resolution),
(toString,Command),
(toString,Matrix),
(toString,GeneralOrderedMonoid),
(toString,MutableMatrix),
(toString,Vector),
(toString,InfiniteNumber),
(toString,IndeterminateNumber),
(toString,Bag),
(toString,Manipulator),
(toString,VirtualTally),
(toString,Set),
(toString,ScriptedFunctor),
(toString,DocumentTag),
(toString,Ideal),
(toString,RingElement),
(toString,RingMap),
(toString,EngineRing),
(toString,IndexedVariable),
(toString,Module),
(toString,GaloisField),
(toString,GroebnerBasis),
(toString,Thing),
(toString,HashTable),
(toString,MutableHashTable),
(toString,Type),
(toString,BasicList),
(toString,MutableList),
(toString,Option),
(toString,Function),
(toString,FunctionBody),
(toString,Symbol),
(toString,Hypertext),
(toString,Net),
(toString,String),
(toString,QQ),
(toString,Dictionary),
(toString,CoherentSheaf),
(toString,Variety)
}
document {
Key => toString,
Headline => "convert to a string",
Usage => "toString x",
Inputs => {
"x" => "any Macaulay2 object"
},
Outputs => {
String => {"a string representation of ", TT "x"}
},
"Sometimes the string representation is just the name.
See also ", TO "toExternalString", " which will try to convert ", TT "x", "
to a string that can be read back into the program later.",
EXAMPLE {
"toString {1,4,a,f,212312,2.123243242}"
},
"If a ring has a global name, then toString returns this name.",
EXAMPLE {
"R = QQ[x_1..x_5];",
"toString R",
"toExternalString R",
"toString(QQ[a])"
},
"Matrices and ring elements are linearized",
EXAMPLE {
"toString (x_1^3-3/4*x_5*x_3)",
"toString vars R",
"toExternalString vars R"
},
SeeAlso => {toExternalString, value}
}
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