[[esql-to_string]]
=== `TO_STRING`
Converts a field into a string. For example:

[source,esql]
----
include::{esql-specs}/ints.csv-spec[tag=to_string]
----

which returns:

[%header,format=dsv,separator=|]
|===
include::{esql-specs}/ints.csv-spec[tag=to_string-result]
|===

It also works fine on multivalued fields:

[source,esql]
----
include::{esql-specs}/ints.csv-spec[tag=to_string_multivalue]
----

which returns:

[%header,format=dsv,separator=|]
|===
include::{esql-specs}/ints.csv-spec[tag=to_string_multivalue-result]
|===