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Stringify

func Stringify(value any, opts ...Options) string

Stringify receives an arbitrary value and converts it into a string.

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package main

import (
    "fmt"

    "github.com/Goldziher/go-utils/stringutils"
)

func main() {
    value := 1000

    result := stringutils.Stringify(value) // "1000"

    fmt.Print(result) // "1000"
}

Stringify also accepts an options object with the following properties:

  • NilFormat: the string format for nil values, defaults to "".
  • NilMapFormat: the string format for nil map objects, defaults to "{}".
  • NilSliceFormat: the string format for nil slice objects, defaults to "[]".
  • Base: a number between 2-36 ad the base when converting ints and uints to strings, defaults to Base 10.
  • Precision: number of digits to include when converting floats and complex numbers to strings, defaults to 2.
  • Format: the number notation format, using the stlib FTOA functionalities, defaults to 'f':
  • 'b' (-ddddp±ddd, a binary exponent),
  • 'e' (-d.dddde±dd, a decimal exponent),
  • 'E' (-d.ddddE±dd, a decimal exponent),
  • 'f' (-ddd.dddd, no exponent),
  • 'g' ('e' for large exponents, 'f' otherwise),
  • 'G' ('E' for large exponents, 'f' otherwise),
  • 'x' (-0xd.ddddp±ddd, a hexadecimal fraction and binary exponent), or
  • 'X' (-0Xd.ddddP±ddd, a hexadecimal fraction and binary exponent).