todouble

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

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

Syntax

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todouble( Expression )

Arguments

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

Returns

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

If the type conversion fails, returns null.

Example

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