toreal

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

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

Syntax

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toreal( Expression )

Arguments

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

Returns

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

If the type conversion fails, returns null.

Example

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