string

string --  constructs a string.

Syntax

string (s_exp...)

		

Arguments

s_exp

Any Gamma or Lisp expression.

Returns

A string which is the concatenation of all of the arguments.

Description

This function constructs a string by concatenating the princ names of all of the arguments. Any argument that can be evaluated will be. No separation is provided between arguments in the resulting string.

Example

    Gamma> string("A list: ",list(#a,#b,#c), " and a sum: ",2 + 3);
    "A list: (a b c) and a sum: 5"
    Gamma> 
    		

See the PID Controller Class section of the PID Emulator chapter, or the Start a Process section of the Common Functions for Any Program chapter (Tutorial Two), or the Common: The Text Message Display section of the Controller Functions chapter, or the GTK: Preparing Plots section of the Log Functions chapter in the Cogent Tools Demo and Tutorials book for examples of this function used in context.

See Also

format

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