coerce

Usage

s::TextReader
s::TextWriter

Signatures

coerce:	% $\to$ TextReader
coerce:	% $\to$ TextWriter

Parameter	Type	Description
s	%	a string

Description

s::T where T is an I/O stream type converts the string s to a text reader or writer, allowing one to read data or write data to it.

Remarks

When writing to an extensible string, the string grows to accomodate all the data that you write to it.