pxt-calliope/docs/reference/text/convert-to-text.md

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# convert to text
Change the value of any [type](/types) into a text [string](/types/string).
```sig
convertToText(123)
```
## Parameters
* **value**: a value of some [type](/types) to convert to a [string](/types/string).
## Returns
* a [string](/types/string) that is a text representation of **value**.
## Example #example
Convert a boolean and a number value into strings and join them in a sentence.
```blocks
let myBoolean = false
let myNumber = 0
myBoolean = true
myNumber = 123
let myString = "It is " + convertToText(myBoolean) + " that " + convertToText(myNumber) + " is now a string!"
```
## Sea also #seealso
[parse int](/reference/text/parse-int),
[parse float](/reference/text/parse-float)