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--- status: DRAFT
--- author(s): MES
--- notes:
undocumented methods toString
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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