toString

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

Description

Represents the value as a string. Will succeed for any type of value.

Syntax

toString(value, [failover])

• Parameters

  • Object value - The value to type cast.

  • Object failover - The failover value if type casting fails. [optional]

• Results

  • String - The value type cast as a string.

Examples

Code Snippet

toString(1/3.0) // returns "0.3333333333333333"

Code Snippet

toString({Root Container.Table.data}) //returns something like: "Dataset [150R x 3C]"