To return a string representation of the value of x.
STR$(x)
STR$(x) is the complementary function to VAL(x$) (see the VAL function).
5 REM ARITHMETIC FOR KIDS 10 INPUT "TYPE A NUMBER"; N 20 ON LEN(STR$(N)) GOSUB 30, 40, 50 . . .
This program branches to various subroutines, depending on the number of characters typed before the RETURN key is pressed.