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tostr(data)This function converts any data to a string representation of it. For strings, the string representation is the string itself; for symbols and error codes, the string representation is the identifier part of the data object converted to a string value; for lists and frobs, the string representations are
""
and "" respectively;
for integers and dbrefs, tostr() is equivalent to
toliteral().Examples:
tostr(3)
=> "3"
tostr("foo")
=> "foo"
tostr(#0)
=> "#0"
tostr([2, 3, 4])
=> ""
tostr('foo)
=> "foo"
tostr(~methodnf)
=> "methodnf"
tostr(<#66, #[['type, 'obj], ['obj, #40]]>)
=> ""