And more generally, for all types that makes sense to convert between, you can use the convert function
convert(String, :blah) (or maybe better, to avoid type instability issues) convert(ASCIIString, :blah) convert(UTF8String, :blah) In 0.4 the default constructor for all types will fallback to convert, so for your own types, you usually just need to add a convert definition. søndag 1. februar 2015 16.29.48 UTC+1 skrev Milan Bouchet-Valat følgende: > > Le dimanche 01 février 2015 à 07:18 -0800, Arshak Navruzyan a écrit : > > Hello, > > > > A really basic question how do I turn a symbol into a string ? > > > > :blah -> "blah" > julia> string(:blah) > "blah" > > Easy, isn't it? > > Regards >
