In .NET even basic datatypes like string or int are an object.

This means that even these datatypes can (an have) own methods. A method that every object has, is the AsString() method. This method sometimes returns useful data:

local nInt as int

nInt := 1234
System.Console.WriteLine( nInt:ToString() )

returns

12345
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But sometimes, in more complex classes, the ToString() method returns only the name of the class, and it is to you to define such a method that returns a more meaningful string value.

Regarding the methods of such a class, you should give a look to the System.String class - you will be surprised how many different and useful methods this class already has!