Dart Future toString()
Syntax & Examples

Future.toString() method

The `toString` method in Dart returns a string representation of this object.

Syntax of Future.toString()

The syntax of Future.toString() method is:

 String toString()

This toString() method of Future returns a string representation of this object.

Return Type

Future.toString() returns value of type String.


✐ Example

1 Converting a Future object to a string

In this example,

  1. We create a Future object future containing the value 42.
  2. We use the toString() method to obtain its string representation.
  3. We then print the string representation to standard output.

Dart Program

void main() {
  Future<int> future = Future<int>.value(42);
  String futureString = future.toString();
  print('String representation of Future object: $futureString');
}

Output

String representation of Future object: Instance of 'Future<int>'

Summary

In this Dart tutorial, we learned about toString() method of Future: the syntax and few working examples with output and detailed explanation for each example.