docs-v2/content/flux/v0/stdlib/universe/string.md

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string() function	`string()` converts a value to a string type.	flux_v0_ref name parent identifier string universe universe/string	101	type-conversions	0.7.0

string() converts a value to a string type.

Function type signature

(v: A) => string

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Parameters

v

({{< req >}}) Value to convert.

Examples

• Convert basic types to strings
• Convert all values in a column to strings

Convert basic types to strings

string(v: true)
// Returns "true"

string(v: 1m)
// Returns "1m"

string(v: 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z)
// Returns "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z"

string(v: 10.12)
// Returns "10.12"

Convert all values in a column to strings

If converting the _value column to string types, use toString(). If converting columns other than _value, use map() to iterate over each row and string() to convert a column value to a string type.

data
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with exampleCol: string(v: r.exampleCol)}))

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Input data

_time	*tag	exampleCol
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	t1	-2.18
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	t1	10.92
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	t1	7.35
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	t1	17.53
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	t1	15.23
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	t1	4.43

_time	*tag	exampleCol
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	t2	19.85
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	t2	4.97
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	t2	-3.75
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	t2	19.77
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	t2	13.86
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	t2	1.86

Output data

_time	exampleCol	*tag
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	-2.18	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	10.92	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	7.35	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	17.53	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	15.23	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	4.43	t1

_time	exampleCol	*tag
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	19.85	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	4.97	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	-3.75	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	19.77	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	13.86	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	1.86	t2

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