Re: [julia-users] Symbol to string

`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

Re: [julia-users] Symbol to string

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

Re: [julia-users] Symbol to string

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

Re: [julia-users] Symbol to string

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

[julia-users] Symbol to string

Hello, A really basic question how do I turn a symbol into a string ? :blah - blah Thanks