into string for conversions

Convert value to string.

Signature

> into string ...rest --decimals

Parameters

• ...rest: for a data structure input, convert data at the given cell paths
• --decimals {int}: decimal digits to which to round

Input/output types:

input	output
binary	string
bool	string
datetime	string
duration	string
filesize	string
int	string
list<any>	list<string>
number	string
record	record
string	string
table	table

Examples

convert integer to string and append three decimal places

> 5 | into string -d 3
5.000

convert float to string and round to nearest integer

> 1.7 | into string -d 0
2

convert float to string

> 1.7 | into string -d 1
1.7

convert float to string and limit to 2 decimals

> 1.734 | into string -d 2
1.73

try to convert float to string and provide negative decimal points

> 1.734 | into string -d -2

convert float to string

> 4.3 | into string
4.3

convert string to string

> '1234' | into string
1234

convert boolean to string

> true | into string
true

convert date to string

> '2020-10-10 10:00:00 +02:00' | into datetime | into string
Sat Oct 10 10:00:00 2020

convert filepath to string

> ls Cargo.toml | get name | into string

convert filesize to string

> 1KiB | into string
1,024 B

convert duration to string

> 9day | into string
1wk 2day