Char.ToString Method

Definition

Namespace:
System
Assemblies:
mscorlib.dll, System.Runtime.dll
Assembly:
System.Runtime.dll
Assembly:
mscorlib.dll
Assembly:
netstandard.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"
    }
}

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)

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);
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

Applies to

ToString(Char)

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

Applies to

ToString()

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

Applies to