---
title: "toStr"
description: "Identical to the toString expression function."
---

# toStr

> Identical to the toString expression function.

**This function is used by Ignition's Expression language.**.

## Description
## Syntax
`toStr(value[, failover])`

- Parameters

    - object **value** - The value to type cast, typically a DataSet or PyDataSet.

    - object **failover** - Optional. The failover value if type casting fails.

- Results

    - string - The value type cast as a string.

## Examples
```python title="Code Snippet"
toStr(1/3.0) // returns "0.3333333333333333"
```
```python title="Code Snippet"
toStr({Root Container.Table.data}) //returns something like: "Dataset [150R x 3C]"
```