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into decimal for conversions

deprecated: convert data into a floating point number.

Signature

> into decimal {flags} ...rest

Parameters

  • ...rest: for a data structure input, convert data at the given cell paths

Input/output types:

input output
bool number
int number
list<any> list<number>
number number
record record
string number
table table

Examples

Convert string to float in table

> [[num]; ['5.01']] |into decimalnum
╭───┬──────╮
# │ num  │
├───┼──────┤
05.01
╰───┴──────╯

Convert string to float

>'1.345'|into decimal
1.345

Coerce list of ints and floats to float

> [4-5.9] |into decimal
╭───┬───────╮
04.00
1-5.90
╰───┴───────╯

Convert boolean to float

>true|into decimal
1

Notes

Use into float instead

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