Convert.ToString Method (String)
.NET Framework (current version)
Returns the specified string instance; no actual conversion is performed.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- value
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Type:
System.String
The string to return.
The following example passes a string to the ToString(String) method and calls the Object.ReferenceEquals method to confirm that the method returns the original string. The example also calls the String.IsInterned method to ensure that the two strings are not identical because the original string is interned.
Module Example Public Sub Main() Dim article As String = "An" Dim noun As String = "apple" Dim str1 As String = String.Format("{0} {1}", article, noun) Dim str2 As String = Convert.ToString(str1) Console.WriteLine("str1 is interned: {0}", Not String.IsInterned(str1) Is Nothing) Console.WriteLine("str1 and str2 are the same reference: {0}", Object.ReferenceEquals(str1, str2)) End Sub End Module ' The example displays the following output: ' str1 is interned: False ' str1 and str2 are the same reference: True
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Available since 1.1
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