stringify en · VERB
Pronunciation
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- /ˈstɹɪŋɪfaɪ/
Etymology
Etymology tree English string Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English stringify From string + -ify.
Meanings
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(transitive) To convert to a textual representation.
To find the first digit in a positive number, stringify it and take the first character.
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stringifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stringified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stringified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| stringifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |