toExternalString -- convert to a readable string

toExternalString -- convert to a readable string

toExternalString x -- converts x to a string, in such a way that it can be read back into the program later.

See also toString which simply converts x to a string which can be displayed meaningfully.

Not everything can be converted to a string in such a way that it can be read back into the program later, because circular data structures are common.

Class of returned value: String -- the class of all stringsWays to use toExternalString :

toExternalString Sequence

toExternalString Array

toExternalString BasicList

toExternalString CC

toExternalString Command

toExternalString HashTable

toExternalString Manipulator

toExternalString MarkUpList

toExternalString Matrix

toExternalString Module

toExternalString MutableHashTable

toExternalString MutableList

toExternalString Net

toExternalString Option

toExternalString PolynomialRing

toExternalString String

toExternalString Symbol

toExternalString Thing