Strfunction

Returns a string representation of a number, boolean or Unicode character string

Syntax

Declare Function Str ( ByVal n As Byte ) As String

Declare Function Str ( ByVal n As UByte ) As String

Declare Function Str ( ByVal n As Short ) As String

Declare Function Str ( ByVal n As UShort ) As String

Declare Function Str ( ByVal n As Long ) As String

Declare Function Str ( ByVal n As ULong ) As String

Declare Function Str ( ByVal n As LongInt ) As String

Declare Function Str ( ByVal n As ULongInt ) As String

Parameters

Name		Description
`number`		Numeric expression to convert to a string.
`string`		String expression to convert to a string.

Description

Str converts numeric variables to their string representation. Used this way it is the String equivalent to WStr applied to numeric variables, and the opposite of the Val function, which converts a string into a number.

Str converts boolean variables to their string representation "false" / "true".

Str also converts Unicode character strings to ASCII character strings. Used this way it does the opposite of WStr. If an ASCII character string is given, that string is returned unmodified.

Remarks

Usage



result = Str[$]( number )

or

result = Str( string )

Dialect Differences

In the -lang qb dialect, Str will left pad a positive number with a space.
The string type suffix "$" is required in the -lang qb dialect.
The string type suffix "$" is optional in the -lang fblite dialect.
The string type suffix "$" is ignored in the -lang fb dialect, warn only with the -w suffix compile option (or -w pedantic compile option).

Platform Differences

DOS version/target of FreeBASIC does not support the wide-character string version of Str.

Differences from QB

QB does not support the wide-character string version of Str.

Example

Dim a As Integer

Dim b As String

a = 8421

b = Str(a)

Print a, b

Reference

Documented in KeyPgStr.html