# Way to get string representation of an Expression?

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [December 15, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/way-to-get-string-representation-of-an-expression/7778 "2017-12-15T05:10:04Z")\
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> [@c42f](#):
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> If you wanted to do source to source translation, I believe CSTParser is currently the most capable package, but that’s probably not what you’re looking for.

That is what I’m after. I was just wondering if anyone has made some headway on it.

see: [Difference b/w include("foo.jl") and eval(parse(readstring(open( "foo.jl" ))))](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/difference-b-w-include-foo-jl-and-eval-parse-readstring-open-foo-jl/7807)

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