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	float
float	float
int	float
list<any>	list<float>
record	record
string	float
table	table

Examples

Convert string to float in table

> [[num]; ['5.01']] | into float num
╭───┬──────╮
│ # │ 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