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Convert a numeric value to a `string`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

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to_string(float value);
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== Description

converts a floating point value to a string with the same contents as what `std::sprintf(buf, "%f", value)` would produce for a sufficiently large buffer.

== Return Value

`string` representation of `value`

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *value*
| numeric value to convert
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