ExportString [expr,"format"]
generates a string corresponding to expr exported in the specified format.
ExportString [rules,{"format","Rules"}]
gives explicit rules for different elements of the data to be exported.
ExportString [exprs,elems]
generates a string by treating exprs as elements specified by elems.
ExportString
Listing of Formats »ExportString [expr,"format"]
generates a string corresponding to expr exported in the specified format.
ExportString [rules,{"format","Rules"}]
gives explicit rules for different elements of the data to be exported.
ExportString [exprs,elems]
generates a string by treating exprs as elements specified by elems.
Details
- ExportString generates a string corresponding to data exported in the specified format.
- ExportString handles a large number of formats, each typically with many different possible elements. The possible formats are given in the list $ExportFormats , and in the "Listing of All Formats".
- ExportString works just like Export , with the same element specifications and options.
- Many graphics, sound, and binary formats yield strings containing non‐printable characters.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (2)
Export in MathML format:
Show explicitly as a string:
Export a graphic in SVG format:
See Also
ImportString Export ExportByteArray Rasterize BaseEncode Compress FunctionCompileExportString
Function Repository: SaveAsString
History
Introduced in 1999 (4.0) | Updated in 2003 (5.0) ▪ 2004 (5.1) ▪ 2007 (6.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1999), ExportString, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExportString.html (updated 2007).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1999. "ExportString." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2007. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExportString.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1999). ExportString. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExportString.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_exportstring, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ExportString}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExportString.html}", note=[Accessed: 05-December-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_exportstring, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ExportString}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExportString.html}, note=[Accessed: 05-December-2025]}