Cypher toString Function

toString() converts an integer, float or boolean value to a string.

Syntax: toString(expression)

Returns: A String.

Arguments

Name	Description
expression	An expression that returns a number, a boolean, or a string.

Example

RETURN toString(12)

The value returned will be a string after converting expression into it. In this example, toString will convert 12 to a string with the value “12”.
Note– 12 is not the same as “12”. 12 is an integer whereas “12” is a string.

Considerations

Example

RETURN toString(FALSE)

Returns the following Result

toString(FALSE)

"FALSE"

Example

RETURN toString("I am a String!")

Returns the following Result

toString("I am a String!")

"I am a String!"

Example

RETURN toString(date({ year:1997, month:8, day:20 }))

Returns the following Result

toString(date({ year:1997, month:8, day:20 }))

"1997-08-20"

Example

RETURN toString(datetime({ year:1997, month:8, day:20, hour:7, minute:10, timezone: 'Asia/Kolkata' }))

Returns the following Result

toString(datetime({ year:1997, month:8, day:20, hour:7, minute:10, timezone: 'Asia/Kolkata' }))

"1997-08-20T07:10:00+05:30[Asia/Kolkata]"

Example

RETURN toString(duration({hour:7, minute:10}))

Returns the following Result

toString(duration({hours:7, minutes:10}))

"PT7H10M"

Note– toString can also convert Temporal(Date, Time, DateTime, LocalTime, etc. ) and Duration objects to strings.

Example

RETURN toString(null)

Returns the following Result

toString(null)

null

Note– toString(null) returns null.

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