How to convert an integer to a string in Erlang?

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collapsinghrung picture collapsinghrung · Feb 25, 2009 · Viewed 46.1k times · Source

I know strings in Erlang can be costly to use. So how do I convert "5"to 5?

Is there anything like io:format("~p",[5]) that would return a formatted string instead of printing to a stream?

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womble picture womble · Feb 25, 2009

There's also integer_to_list/1, which does exactly what you want, without the ugliness.

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