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docs/content/en/functions/string.md

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 ---
 title: string
-# linktitle: string
-description: Creates a string from the argument passed to the function
-date: 2017-02-01
-publishdate: 2017-02-01
-lastmod: 2017-02-01
+description: Cast a value to a string.
 categories: [functions]
 menu:
   docs:
-    parent: "functions"
-keywords: [strings]
+    parent: functions
+keywords: [cast,strings]
 signature: ["string INPUT"]
-workson: []
-hugoversion:
 relatedfuncs: []
-deprecated: false
-aliases: []
 ---
 
-* `{{string "BatMan"}}` → "BatMan"
+With a decimal (base 10) input:
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ string 11 }} → 11 (string)
+{{ string "11" }} → 11 (string)
+
+{{ string 11.1 }} → 11.1 (string)
+{{ string "11.1" }} → 11.1 (string)
+
+{{ string 11.9 }} → 11.9 (string)
+{{ string "11.9" }} → 11.9 (string)
+```
+
+With a binary (base 2) input:
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ string 0b11 }} → 3 (string)
+{{ string "0b11" }} → 0b11 (string)
+```
+
+With an octal (base 8) input (use either notation):
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ string 011 }} → 9 (string)
+{{ string "011" }} → 011 (string)
+
+{{ string 0o11 }} → 9 (string)
+{{ string "0o11" }} → 0o11 (string)
+```
+
+With a hexadecimal (base 16) input:
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ string 0x11 }} → 17 (string)
+{{ string "0x11" }} → 0x11 (string)
+```