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Return the non&hyphen;modifiable string representation corresponding to the specified enumeration `value`, if it exists, and a unique (error) string otherwise&period; The string representation of `value` matches its corresponding enumerator name with the &quot;e&lowbar;&quot; prefix elided&period; For example&colon; &grave; bsl&colon;&colon;cout &lt;&lt; WriteStyle&colon;&colon;toAscii(WriteStyle&colon;&colon;e&lowbar;PRETTY)&semi; &grave; will print the following on standard output&colon; &grave; PRETTY &grave; Note that specifying a `value` that does not match any of the enumerators will result in a string representation that is distinct from any of those corresponding to the enumerators, but is otherwise unspecified&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdljsn&lowbar;writestyle&period;h&gt;`

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static
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toAscii(xref:BloombergLP/bdljsn/WriteStyle/Enum.adoc[WriteStyle::Enum] value);
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