I'm really sorry. Seems like I should have checked that it actually worked.
I think the missing method could be considered a bug, does anyone know an issue for that on Github? tirsdag 24. mars 2015 14.29.38 UTC+1 skrev verylu...@gmail.com følgende: > > `convert` does not seem to work with symbols. I get an error (same for > String and UTF8String as well). > Test commands: > testdf = DataFrame(A = [1,2,3], B=[2,3,4]) > string(names(testdf)[1]) # works > convert(String, names(testdf)[1]) # throws error > convert(ASCIIString, names(testdf)[1]) # throws error > convert(UTF8String, names(testdf)[1]) # throws error > > Best Wishes. > > On Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 1:49:50 PM UTC-5, Ivar Nesje wrote: >> >> 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 >>> >>
