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Could someone explain to me what tostring does and what it can be used for?
I've seen it alot but I can't find any explanation. Could someone explain what it does and what it is used for?
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tostring converts a Number Value such as 1,2,3..99 etc. into a String
For example tostring("50") converts the string "50" to the number 50 Example usage is shown here, which is copied from the wiki:
print("50" == 50) -- false, because a string is not equal to a number.
print(tostring(50) == "50") -- true, because you converted the number 50 to a string
print(tonumber("50") == 50) -- true, because you converted the string "50" to a number
print(50 .. "" == "50") -- true, because you tacked on an empty string to the end of the number 50, converting 50 to a string.
Source: https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/articles/String
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Tostring is a function almost universal across programming languages as well such as Java and Javascript, Python, and C# from my experience. It should take an object given to the function and convert it to a string. Whether it returns the name of the object or information of the object is up to the language's interpreter or compiler. M39a9am3R 3210 — 5y