TextString

gives a human-readable string representation of expr.

Details and Options

TextString converts expressions to a single string, formatting expressions with the following heads specially:

	String	formats unchanged
	Integer,Real,Rational	formats using decimal notation
	Quantity	formats using decimal notation with unit
	DateObject	formats according to DateFormat
	TimeObject	formats according to TimeFormat
	GeoPosition	formats using degrees latitude and longitude
	Entity	formats using CommonName
	Symbol	formats using SymbolName
	Missing	formats according to MissingString
	List	formats elements, combining as specified by ListFormat
	Association	formats keys and values, combining as specified by AssociationFormat

TextString[Row[list]] formats as a concatenation of elements of list.
TextString[Row[list,sep]] uses separator sep to combine formatted elements.
TextString[Column[list]] formats each element on a separate line.
TextString[TableForm[list]] formats a list of lists as space-separated columns.
Expressions that match patterns in the list given as the setting for ElidedForms are formatted in an elided way.
In other cases, expressions are formatted using InputForm.
TextString supports the following options:

AssociationFormat	Automatic	format to use when formatting associations
BooleanStrings	{"True","False"}	strings to use for True and False
DateFormat	$DateStringFormat	format to use for dates
ElidedForms	Automatic	list of heads whose contents should be elided
ListFormat	Automatic	format to use when formatting lists
MissingString	""	string to use for Missing objects
TimeFormat	Automatic	format to use for times
TimeZone	$TimeZone	time zone used to convert times before formatting

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Convert an integer:

In[1]:=

Out[1]//InputForm=

Convert a real number:

In[2]:=

Out[2]//InputForm=

In[1]:=

Out[1]//InputForm=

Convert a DateObject:

In[2]:=

Out[2]//InputForm=

Convert a TimeObject:

In[3]:=

Out[3]//InputForm=

Convert a Quantity:

In[4]:=

Out[4]//InputForm=

Convert a list of elements:

In[1]:=

Out[1]//InputForm=

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