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[LUA 5.1] tostring
function tostring ( e )
Receives an argument of any type and converts it to a string in a reasonable format.
For complete control of how numbers are converted, use string.format.
If the metatable of e has a "__tostring" field, then tostring calls the corresponding value
with e as argument, and uses the result of the call as its result.
For complete control of how numbers are converted, use string.format.
If the metatable of e has a "__tostring" field, then tostring calls the corresponding value
with e as argument, and uses the result of the call as its result.