Meanings
present singular third person stringifies · participle present stringifying · participle past stringified · past stringified
- transitivecomputingTo convert to a textual representation.
To find the first digit in a positive number, stringify it and take the first character.
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For example, when you stringify a data type (turn the data type into its string representation), the technique differs based on data type. For example, when you want to stringify an int, you might use the following template: […]
2009, John Paul Mueller, Jeff Cogswell, C++ All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 662Antonyms: destring, destringify
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo convert to a textual representation.
Origin
- Englishstring
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Italic*θakos
- Englishstringify
Cite this entry
stringify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringify
“stringify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringify. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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