num2str (Matlab function) Number to string conversion

## Matlab/Scilab equivalent

Matlab | Scilab
    num2str
    string, msprintf

## Particular cases

num2str(a,precision)

  There is no Scilab equivalent for this Matlab expression.

num2str(a,format)

  Scilab equivalent for Matlab num2str(a,format) is msprintf(format,a).