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tostr.pro

Convert an input in a string.

tostr String

result = tostr(input)

Return value

a string

Parameters

input        in required

input can not contain or be of the type of: Complex floating, structure, Double-precision complex, Pointer, Object reference, Unsigned Integer, Unsigned Longword Integer, 64-bit Integer, Unsigned 64-bit Integer

Examples

   IDL> help, tostr(1),tostr('a'),tostr(indgen(4)),tostr(['a','jkfjo'])
        STRING    = '1'
        STRING    = ''a''
        STRING    = '[0,1,2,3]'
        STRING    = '['a','jkfjo']'
   IDL> print, tostr(['c''est bon','c''est bon'])
    ['c''est bon','c''est bon']

Version history

Version

$Id: tostr.pro 372 2008-08-08 12:31:53Z pinsard $

History

Sebastien Masson (smasson@lodyc.jussieu.fr) 18/10/1999

Known issues

Restrictions

If keywdvalue is an array, it will be convert in a vector. Beware, this function has loops, ifs and cases everywhere. So it can not be used by big keywords (with a lot of elements which are big arrays).

 

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