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str

Convert a value to a string. If no value is given, an empty string "" is returned.

When bytes are converted to str then the data will be checked if it contains valid UTF-8 characters. If this is not the case, a value_err() will be raised.

This function does not generate an event.

Function

str(value)

Arguments

Argument Type Description
value any (optional) The value to create a string from.

Return value

A new string

Example

This code shows some return values for str():

[
    str(),
    str(42),
    str(true)
];

Return value in JSON format

[
    "",
    "42",
    "true"
]