stringify

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/ˈstɹɪŋɪfaɪ/

verb

To 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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Meanings

verbstringify (third-person singular simple present stringifies, present participle stringifying, simple past and past participle stringified)

present singular third person stringifies · participle present stringifying · participle past stringified · past stringified

  1. transitivecomputingTo convert to a textual representation.

    To find the first digit in a positive number, stringify it and take the first character.

    1 more example

    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 662

    Antonyms: destring, destringify

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo convert to a textual representation.

Origin

  1. Englishstring
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Italic*θakos
  4. Englishstringify

From string + -ify.

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APA

stringify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringify

MLA

“stringify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stringify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringify.

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