Is there a smalltalk “toString” equivalent?

Question

For example, let's say I am adding a set of objects I created, called myClass (which contains a string) to myList and then I wish to use the list and pass it to a GUI list. Is there a way to populate that GUI list only with the value of that string in myClass?

Answer 1

Every object should respond to printString message with some meaningful string presentation of itself. You can write your own #printString for your object and use it.

Even better for your case could be implementation of asString conversion method, which converts your object to a string.

Answer 2

I believe the methods you are looking for are printString and/or displayString.