NAME
    str - convert some types of values to strings

SYNOPSIS
    str(x)

TYPES
    x           null, string, real or complex number

    return      string

DESCRIPTION
    Convert a value into a string.

    If x is null, str(x) returns the string "".

    If x is a string, str(x) returns x.

    For real or complex x, str(x) returns the string representing x
    in the current printing mode; configuration parameters affecting
    this are "mode", "mode2", "display", "outround", "tilde", "leadzero",

EXAMPLE
    ; str("")
            ""
    ; str(null())
            ""
    ; print str(123), str("+"), str(4i), str("is the same as"), str(123+4i)
    123 + 4i is the same as 3+4i

    ; base2(16),
    ; print str(23209)
    23209 /* 0x5aa9 */

LIMITS
    none

LINK LIBRARY
    void math_divertio();
    qprintnum(NUMBER *x, int outmode, LEN outdigits);
    char *math_getdivertedio();

    math_divertio();
    comprint(COMPLEX *x);
    char *math_getdivertedio();

SEE ALSO
    base, base2, config

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