How to remove type when converting to string

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I want to convert this Any[1,2,3,4] to string but it gives “Any[1,2,3,4]”, it should give “[1,2,3,4]”

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a = Any[1,2,3,4]
println(a)
println(convert(Vector{Int}, a))

yields

Any[1, 2, 3, 4]
[1, 2, 3, 4]
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The larger question here is why this is a Vector{Any} and not a Vector{Int} from the start. Converting the whole array seem a little overkill just for printing. You could also easily do:

julia> a = Any[1, 2, 3, 4]
4-element Array{Any,1}:
 1
 2
 3
 4

julia> chop(string(a); head = 3, tail = 0)
"[1, 2, 3, 4]"
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