[[Property:modification_date|Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:09:25 GMT]]
[[Property:publication_date|Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:09:25 GMT]]
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[[Property:title|Getting a STRING from a NUMERIC object]]
[[Property:link_title|NUMERIC to STRING]]
Every class has the `out` method that can be used to get a text version of the object. For a lot of classes, this method returns internal information that is not really useful for the end user. But for every `NUMERIC` class, the `out` method returns a text representation of the number that the `NUMERIC` object represents.

<code>
	print_integer (a_integer: INTEGER)
			-- Print the value of `a_integer`.
		do
			print (a_integer.out + "%N")
		end
</code>

Note that for more advanced conversion, you can also use a conversion class like `FORMAT_DOUBLE`.