# Convert float to string
**URL:** https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934
**Category:** Scripting
**Tags:** Scripting
**Created:** [January 20, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934 "2007-01-20T00:05:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@anon\_62887450](https://discussions.unity.com/u/anon_62887450)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/1 "2007-01-20T00:05:25Z")
Hey all, I’m sure this is common and simple, but I couldn’t find it in the docs…
How do I convert a float to a string.
i.e. the following does not work:
//
var weightfield = GameObject.Find(“WeightField”).GetComponent(“TextMesh”);
weightfield.text = totalWeight;
//
However, if I change it to weightfield.text = “hello”, then hello is displayed.
Thanks for any help!
Cheers,
Will
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### Author:  [@Joachim\_Ante\_1](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Joachim_Ante_1)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/2 "2007-01-20T00:34:17Z")
totalWeight.ToString();
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### Author:  [@StarManta](https://discussions.unity.com/u/StarManta)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/3 "2007-01-20T14:26:09Z")
Also, you can give it a format string if you want more control over the output. Say, if you want it to only show two digits after the decimal: .ToString(“#.00”);
I don’t know all the options for this, but it’s pretty powerful.
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### Author:  [@anon\_62887450](https://discussions.unity.com/u/anon_62887450)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/4 "2007-01-21T06:05:57Z")
Ah! Thank you both very much!
Heh I tried ToString initially but my stupid self forgot the parenthesis.
Cheers,
Will
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### Author:  [@andeeeee](https://discussions.unity.com/u/andeeeee)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/6 "2010-01-14T20:51:10Z")
> [@""](#):
>
> Two years later. But thanks! I used the information.
Er… _three_ years? 😉 Even better…
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### Author:  [@anon\_89678146](https://discussions.unity.com/u/anon_89678146)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/7 "2010-01-15T01:13:39Z")
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### Author:  [@BlankBlank5454](https://discussions.unity.com/u/BlankBlank5454)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/9 "2011-05-21T22:13:14Z")
You sad person.
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### Author:  [@alexfeature](https://discussions.unity.com/u/alexfeature)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/10 "2011-05-21T22:23:39Z")
Necrophiliacs the lot of you 😄
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### Author:  [@anon\_54796857](https://discussions.unity.com/u/anon_54796857)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/11 "2011-05-21T22:28:15Z")
> [@HolBol](#):
>
> You sad person.
I can’t help the urge! Plus besides the obvious I kept forgetting the parenthesis.
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### Author:  [@ehsan7715](https://discussions.unity.com/u/ehsan7715)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2012, 11:23am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/13 "2012-07-26T11:23:30Z")
make fun with unity !! 😄
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### Author:  [@BazLevelUp](https://discussions.unity.com/u/BazLevelUp)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/14 "2012-09-13T15:29:46Z")
A link which explain how to use the option of ToString() could be usefull 😉
Here you are : [SteveX Compiled » String Formatting in C#](http://blog.stevex.net/string-formatting-in-csharp/)
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### Author:  [@lordofduct](https://discussions.unity.com/u/lordofduct)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/15 "2012-09-13T15:37:06Z")
to up your ante baz, the MSDN documentation on formatting types:
> **[Overview: How to format numbers, dates, enums, and other types in .NET - .NET](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/formatting-types?redirectedfrom=MSDN)**
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> Learn how to convert instances of .NET types to formatted strings. Override the ToString method, make formatting culture-sensitive, and use ICustomFormatter.
which has break down links to all the sub data type formats (see bottom in ‘related articles’)
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### Author:  [@keithsoulasa](https://discussions.unity.com/u/keithsoulasa)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/18 "2012-11-08T23:46:06Z")
“”+ totalWeight;
Adding a string even an empty one to a float or int will convert it
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### Author:  [@willemsenzo](https://discussions.unity.com/u/willemsenzo)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/21 "2013-04-09T11:53:54Z")
Why don’t you mods make this thread a sticky hehe.
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### Author:  [@wolfstien786](https://discussions.unity.com/u/wolfstien786)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/24 "2013-10-03T06:37:38Z")
Oh my God !! I just found an ancient thread buried deep within the humongous heap of information…Still helpful 😉
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### Author:  [@vertxxyz](https://discussions.unity.com/u/vertxxyz)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-float-to-string/375934/29 "2024-08-31T22:56:48Z")
Closed to prevent unnecessary bumping/spam to an answered topic.