nushell/docs/commands/into_string.md

title	layout	version
into string	command	0.59.0

Convert value to string

Signature

> into string ...rest --decimals

Parameters

• ...rest: column paths to convert to string (for table input)
• --decimals {int}: decimal digits to which to round

Examples

convert decimal to string and round to nearest integer

> 1.7 | into string -d 0

convert decimal to string

> 1.7 | into string -d 1

convert decimal to string and limit to 2 decimals

> 1.734 | into string -d 2

try to convert decimal to string and provide negative decimal points

> 1.734 | into string -d -2

convert decimal to string

> 4.3 | into string

convert string to string

> '1234' | into string

convert boolean to string

> $true | into string

convert date to string

> date now | into string

convert filepath to string

> ls Cargo.toml | get name | into string

convert filesize to string

> ls Cargo.toml | get size | into string