converting number to string in lisp

Question

I tried to find a lisp function to convert between numbers and strings and after a little googling I fond a function with the same name. when I entered (itoa 1) SLI

Answer 1

A heavyweight solution is to use FORMAT:

[2]> (format nil "~A" 1)
"1"

There is also WRITE-TO-STRING:

[3]> (write-to-string 10)
"10"