Difference between revisions of "Tostring"
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Receives an argument of any type and converts it to a string in a reasonable format. For complete control of how numbers are converted, use string.format. | Receives an argument of any type and converts it to a string in a reasonable format. For complete control of how numbers are converted, use string.format. | ||
| − | If the metatable of e has a "__tostring" field, then tostring calls the corresponding value with e as argument, and uses the result of the call as its result. | + | If the metatable of e has a "__tostring" field, then tostring calls the corresponding value with e as argument, and uses the result of the call as its result. |
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Latest revision as of 11:18, 9 October 2010
tostring (e)
Receives an argument of any type and converts it to a string in a reasonable format. For complete control of how numbers are converted, use string.format.
If the metatable of e has a "__tostring" field, then tostring calls the corresponding value with e as argument, and uses the result of the call as its result.
