2 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/library/extend.rs b/src/library/extend.rs
index 6396274e..cf69dbd0 100644
--- a/src/library/extend.rs
+++ b/src/library/extend.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::prelude::*;
+use crate::pretty::pretty;
 
 /// `type`: Find out the name of a value's type.
 ///
@@ -8,9 +9,22 @@ use crate::prelude::*;
 /// # Return value
 /// The name of the value's type as a string.
 pub fn type_(ctx: &mut EvalContext, args: &mut ValueArgs) -> Value {
-    if let Some(value) = args.require::<Value>(ctx, "value") {
-        value.type_name().into()
-    } else {
-        Value::Error
+    match args.require::<Value>(ctx, "value") {
+        Some(value) => value.type_name().into(),
+        None => Value::Error,
+    }
+}
+
+/// `repr`: Get the string representation of a value.
+///
+/// # Positional arguments
+/// - Any value.
+///
+/// # Return value
+/// The string representation of the value.
+pub fn repr(ctx: &mut EvalContext, args: &mut ValueArgs) -> Value {
+    match args.require::<Value>(ctx, "value") {
+        Some(value) => pretty(&value).into(),
+        None => Value::Error,
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/library/mod.rs b/src/library/mod.rs
index 48da093b..59198846 100644
--- a/src/library/mod.rs
+++ b/src/library/mod.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ pub fn new() -> Scope {
     set!(func: "image", image);
     set!(func: "page", page);
     set!(func: "pagebreak", pagebreak);
+    set!(func: "repr", repr);
     set!(func: "rgb", rgb);
     set!(func: "type", type_);
     set!(func: "v", v);