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--- status: DRAFT
--- author(s): MES
--- notes:
undocumented methods toExternalString
document {
Key => toExternalString,
Headline => "convert to a readable string",
Usage => "toExternalString x",
Inputs => {
"x" => "any Macaulay2 object"
},
Outputs => {
String => {"a string representation of ", TT "x", ", which can be used, in conjunction with ", TO "value", ", to read the object back into the program later"}
},
"See also ", TO "toString", " which simply converts ", TT "x", " to a string that can be displayed meaningfully.",
EXAMPLE {
"toString {1,4,a,f,212312,2.123243242}"
},
EXAMPLE {
"R = QQ[x_1..x_5];",
"toExternalString R",
},
"Matrices and ring elements are linearized",
EXAMPLE {
"x_1^3-3/4*x_5*x_3",
"toExternalString oo",
"value oo"
},
Caveat => "Not everything can be converted to a string in such a way that it can be read back into the program later.",
SeeAlso => {toString, value}
}
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