Newbie: Casting Int to string....

[Digital Hyakugei]

Ok, pretty simple, no? I can not find out how to do the following...

i've got a variable:

aNumber = 1

Now i have a function

nntp.stat( aVal )

where aVal has to be a string.

I cant do

nntp.stat( aNumber )

cuz it expects a string, not an int.

How, oh how, do i cast an int to a string?
I'm sure its something that is forehead slapping obvious, but i just cant
seem to find it...

Thanks very much!
jos