format : string

The option behaves identically to targetformat, but is only valid when expr is not itself a ByteArray or string.

sourceformat : string

A string corresponding to one of the file formats described in Formats. The input expr will be decoded using the specified format and the data returned as a string. If the format specified is not one for which a string is a valid output type, an error is issued.

targetformat : string

A string corresponding to one of the file formats described in Formats. The input expr will be encoded in the specified format and the encoded data returned as a string.

The convert(expr, string) calling sequence converts the expression expr to a string.

To convert a string to an expression, refer to the parse command.

$\mathrm{convert}\left(a\,\mathrm{string}\right)$

$''a''$

$\mathrm{convert}\left(\sin \left(x^2\right)\,\mathrm{string}\right)$

$''sin(x^2)''$

$\mathrm{convert}\left(a+b+cd\,\mathrm{string}\right)$

$''c*d+a+b''$

The convert/string command was updated in Maple 2022.