unparse ( obj -- str )
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Vocabulary
prettyprint

Inputs

obj

an object

Outputs

str	Factor source string

Word description
Outputs a prettyprinted string representation of an object. Output is influenced by many variables; see Prettyprint control variables.

Warning
Unparsing a large object can take a long time and consume a lot of memory. If you need to unparse large objects, use unparse-short or set some Prettyprint control variables to limit output size.

Definition

USING: io.streams.string ;

IN: prettyprint

: unparse ( obj -- str ) [ pprint ] with-string-writer ;