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into float for conversions

Convert data into floating point number.

Signature

> into float {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 floatnum
╭───┬──────╮
# │ num  │
├───┼──────┤
05.01
╰───┴──────╯

Convert string to floating point number

>'1.345'|into float
1.345

Coerce list of ints and floats to float

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

Convert boolean to float

>true|into float
1

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