Char.ToString Method

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Converts the value of this instance to its equivalent string representation.

Overloads

ToString(IFormatProvider)	Converts the value of this instance to its equivalent string representation using the specified culture-specific format information.
ToString(Char)	Converts the specified Unicode character to its equivalent string representation.
ToString()	Converts the value of this instance to its equivalent string representation.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates ToString.

using namespace System;
int main()
{
   char ch = 'a';
   Console::WriteLine( ch ); // Output: "a"
   Console::WriteLine( Char::ToString( 'b' ) ); // Output: "b"
}

using System;

public class ToStringSample {
    public static void Main() {
        char ch = 'a';
        Console.WriteLine(ch.ToString());		// Output: "a"

        Console.WriteLine(Char.ToString('b'));	// Output: "b"
    }
}

open System

let ch = 'a'

printfn $"{ch.ToString()}"      // Output: "a"

printfn $"{Char.ToString 'b'}"  // Output: "b"

Module ToStringSample

    Sub Main()

        Dim ch As Char
        ch = "a"c
        Console.WriteLine(ch.ToString())        ' Output: "a"

        Console.WriteLine(Char.ToString("b"c))  ' Output: "b"

    End Sub

End Module

ToString(IFormatProvider)

Source:

Char.cs

Converts the value of this instance to its equivalent string representation using the specified culture-specific format information.

public:
 virtual System::String ^ ToString(IFormatProvider ^ provider);

public string ToString (IFormatProvider? provider);

override this.ToString : IFormatProvider -> string

Public Function ToString (provider As IFormatProvider) As String

Parameters

provider

IFormatProvider

(Reserved) An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

Returns

String

The string representation of the value of this instance as specified by provider.

Implements

ToString(IFormatProvider)

Remarks

The provider parameter is ignored; it does not participate in this operation.

See also

• Parse(String)
• String

ToString(Char)

Source:

Char.cs

Converts the specified Unicode character to its equivalent string representation.

public:
 static System::String ^ ToString(char c);

public static string ToString (char c);

static member ToString : char -> string

Public Shared Function ToString (c As Char) As String

Parameters

c

Char

The Unicode character to convert.

Returns

String

The string representation of the value of c.

See also

• Parse(String)
• String

ToString()

Source:

Char.cs

Converts the value of this instance to its equivalent string representation.

public:
 override System::String ^ ToString();

public override string ToString ();

override this.ToString : unit -> string

Public Overrides Function ToString () As String

Returns

String

The string representation of the value of this instance.

See also

• Parse(String)
• String