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title: "ConvertToText"
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published: 2024-05-04T19:25:52Z
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# ConvertToText

### General

The *ConvertToText* function can be used to convert a value to a [String](/release34/docs/string).

### Syntax

The syntax of the *ConvertToText* function is:

          ConvertToText Function Syntax

          

ConvertToText(<value>)

### Examples

The following [Expression](/release34/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions) returns the value of the variable *vTest* of [Datasource](/release34/docs/introduction-to-datasources) *MyDatasource* as [String](/release34/docs/string):

          ConvertToText Function Example

          

ConvertToText([Datasource].[MyDatasources].[Variable].[vTest])