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# locationString

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

## locationString(value: Any): String

Returns the location string of a given value.

### Parameters

<table><colgroup><col> <col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p><code>value</code></p></td><td><p>A value of any type.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Example

This example returns the contents of the line (the location) that defines variable `a` in the header
of the DataWeave script.

#### Source

```DataWeave
%dw 2.0
import * from dw::Runtime
var a = 123
output application/json
---
locationString(a)
```

#### Output

```JSON
"var a = 123"
```