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Cast Functions

A set of functions for converting between different data types or for working with data types.

To Boolean

Attempts to convert the passed value to a boolean data type.

toBoolean(arg1)

Examples:

toBoolean(1)
> true
toBoolean(0)
> false
toBoolean('true')
> true
toBoolean('false')
> false

To Double

Attempts to convert the passed value to a double data type.

toDouble(arg1)

Examples:

toDouble('1.2')
> 1.2

To Integer

Attempts to convert the passed value to a integer data type.

toInteger(arg1)

Examples:

toInteger('1')
> 1

To Long

Attempts to convert the passed value to a long data type.

toLong(arg1)

Examples:

toLong('1')
> 1

To String

Attempts to convert the passed value to a string data type.

toString(arg1)

Examples:

toString(1.2)
> '1.2'

Last modified November 13, 2024: Merge branch '7.0' into 7.1 (18e4cac)