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ToString  
Method  
Returns the current value of the StringWriter internal string
StringWriter Class
System.IO NameSpace
CF1.  Function ToString ( ) : String;
CF : Methods with this mark are Compact Framework Compatible
Description
The ToString method, inherited from System.Object is especially crucial for the StringWriter class - it is the only means of retrieving the current value of the string built by the writer so far.
 
The string will contain line-termination characters (such as carriage-return/line-feed, according to your platform) if the WriteLine method was used to build the string.
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System.IO
System.IO.StringWriter
 
 
A simple example
program Project1;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  System.IO;

var
  Writer           : System.IO.StringWriter;

begin
  // Create our String Writer
  Writer := System.IO.StringWriter.Create;

  // Write various things to our StringWriter
  Writer.WriteLine(27);
  Writer.WriteLine(true);
  Writer.WriteLine(DateTime.Create(2004, 9, 17));

  // Now display the contents
  Console.WriteLine(Writer.ToString);

  Console.Readline;
end.
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  27
  True
  17/09/2004 00:00:00
 
 
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