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String [other String type actions]
Item [operators of similar scope]
Data manipulation [other Data manipulation operators]
v11.5.0
11.5.0
As at baseline
string(argStr)
The operator string(argStr) returns its argument as explicitly String-type data. This is useful when neither single nor double quotes will achieve the desired result. The string result must not contain a closing parenthesis, i.e. a ')' character.