Elixir one function to convert both floats and integers to bitstrings?

Does Elixir have a function that accepts integers and floats and converts them to strings?

I need something like this:

a = 3
b = 3.14
number_to_binary(a)
% => "3"
number_to_binary(b)
% => "3.14"

Is there a function in Elixir that already does something like this? I looked at the docs and didn't see anything. I also checked the Erlang docs and didn't see any functions like this either.

For each one of the types, there is a function:

• http://elixir-lang.org/docs/stable/Kernel.html#integer_to_binary/1
• http://elixir-lang.org/docs/stable/Kernel.html#float_to_binary/1

If you want a general number_to_binary function, try simply using inspect (that is Kernel.inspect, not IO.inspect).

a = 3
b = 3.14
inspect a
% => "3"
inspect b