String::ToString Method ()
.NET Framework (current version)
Returns this instance of String; no actual conversion is performed.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Because this method simply returns the current string unchanged, there is no need to call it directly. It is usually called implicitly in a composite formatting operation, as the example shows.
The following example demonstrates the ToString method.Note that the example does not explicitly call the ToString method. Instead, the method is called implicitly by the composite formatting feature.
using namespace System; int main() { String^ str1 = "123"; String^ str2 = "abc"; Console::WriteLine( "Original str1: {0}", str1 ); Console::WriteLine( "Original str2: {0}", str2 ); Console::WriteLine( "str1 same as str2?: {0}", Object::ReferenceEquals( str1, str2 ) ); str2 = str1; Console::WriteLine(); Console::WriteLine( "New str2: {0}", str2 ); Console::WriteLine( "str1 same as str2?: {0}", Object::ReferenceEquals( str1, str2 ) ); } /* This code produces the following output: Original str1: 123 Original str2: abc str1 same as str2?: False New str2: 123 str1 same as str2?: True */
Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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