---
title: toString() function
description: toString() converts all values in the _value column to string types.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/flux/v0/stdlib/universe/tostring/
estimated_tokens: 1209
product: Flux
version: v0
---

# toString() function

-   Flux 0.7.0+
-   View InfluxDB support

`toString()` converts all values in the `_value` column to string types.

##### Function type signature

```js
(<-tables: stream[{A with _value: B}]) => stream[{A with _value: B, _value: string}]
```

For more information, see [Function type signatures](/flux/v0/function-type-signatures/).

## Parameters

### tables

Input data. Default is piped-forward data (`<-`).

## Examples

### Convert the \_value column to strings

```js
import "sampledata"

sampledata.float()
    |> toString()
```

[](#view-example-input-and-output)

View example input and output

#### Input data

| _time | *tag | _value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t1 | -2.18 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t1 | 10.92 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t1 | 7.35 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t1 | 17.53 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t1 | 15.23 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t1 | 4.43 |

| _time | *tag | _value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t2 | 19.85 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t2 | 4.97 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t2 | -3.75 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t2 | 19.77 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t2 | 13.86 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t2 | 1.86 |

#### Output data

| _time | _value | *tag |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | -2.18 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 10.92 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 7.35 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 17.53 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 15.23 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 4.43 | t1 |

| _time | _value | *tag |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | 19.85 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 4.97 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | -3.75 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 19.77 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 13.86 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 1.86 | t2 |

#### Related

-   [Work with strings](/flux/v0/data-types/basic/string/)

[transformations](/flux/v0/tags/transformations/) [type-conversions](/flux/v0/tags/type-conversions/)