# text

[Built-ins](README.md)

Canonical ID: `core.text`. Nederlands: `tekst`.

Converts a value to deterministic display text. Existing text stays unquoted; Booleans and absence use the canonical strings "true", "false", and "none" in both source locales. Lists and maps have readable delimiters; functions have a descriptive marker. This is display conversion, not a [JSON](../concepts/json.md) encoder or a source-code serializer.

## Signature

```text
text(value)
```

## Arguments

| Parameter | Type | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| `value` | Any | Any Pliro value. |

## Return value

`Text`.

## Example

```pliro
# language: en
let score = 12
say "Score: " + text(score)
say text(true), text(false), text(none)
```

Prints `Score: 12` and `true false none`.

## Notes and common mistakes

Use the function name for your source language. Its [canonical ID](../concepts/canonical-identity.md) is a shared documentation label; you do not type that ID as a call. Giving your own variable or function the same name can hide the built-in. Supply the documented [arguments](../concepts/parameters-and-arguments.md) and value types. Pliro reports mismatches when checking can detect them, or when the call runs.

## Related entries

[say](say.md) · [length](length.md) · [Programming guides](../guides/getting-started.md) · [Host support](../guides/hosts.md) · [Calls and arguments](../syntax/calls.md)