toString

builtins.toString

Primop

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Takes 1 arguments

Convert the expression e to a string. e can be:

A string (in which case the string is returned unmodified).
A path (e.g., toString /foo/bar yields "/foo/bar".
A set containing { __toString = self: ...; } or { outPath = ...; }.
An integer.
A list, in which case the string representations of its elements are joined with spaces.
A Boolean (false yields "", true yields "1").
null, which yields the empty string.

This function is not defined in a .nix file. It is likely a builtins function or an alias of a builtins function. builtins functions are predefined functions provided by Nix.

Noogle detected

Detected Type

toString :: a -> String

Implementation

This function is implemented in c++ and is part of the native nix runtime.