todecimal

The todecimal function converts the input to a value of type decimal (double, real).

Aliases: decimal, double, todouble, real, toreal.

Syntax

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todecimal( Expression )

Arguments

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• Expression: Expression whose value will be converted to a value of type decimal.

Returns

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If the type conversion is successful, the result is a value of type decimal (double, real).

If the type conversion fails, returns null.

Examples

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• todecimal("123.4") returns 123.4
• todecimal("1e3") returns 1000
• todecimal("hello") returns null