into float for conversions

Signature

> into float {flags} ...rest

Parameters

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

Input/output types:

Examples

Convert string to float in table

> [[num]; ['5.01']] |into floatnum
╭───┬──────╮
│# │ num  │
├───┼──────┤
│0│5.01│
╰───┴──────╯

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
╭───┬───────╮
│0│4.00│
│1│-5.90│
╰───┴───────╯

Convert boolean to float

>true|into float
1