# Function: targetToTargetString

▸ **targetToTargetString**(`target`): `string`

Returns a string in the format "project:target[:configuration]" for the target

#### Parameters

| Name     | Type                                                    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| :------- | :------------------------------------------------------ | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `target` | [`Target`](/reference/core-api/devkit/documents/Target) | target object Examples: `typescript targetToTargetString({ project: "proj", target: "test" }) // returns "proj:test" targetToTargetString({ project: "proj", target: "test", configuration: "production" }) // returns "proj:test:production" ` |

#### Returns

`string`