convert value to given type

Parameters

to type :type :block
   value :any

Attributes

Returns

Examples

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to :integer "2020"            ; 2020

to :integer `A`               ; 65
to :char 65                   ; `A`

to :integer 4.3               ; 4
to :floating 4                ; 4.0

to :complex [1 2]             ; 1.0+2.0i

; make sure you're using the `array` (`@`) converter here, since `neg` must be evaluated first
to :complex @[2.3 neg 4.5]    ; 2.3-4.5i

to :rational [1 2]            ; 1/2
to :rational @[neg 3 5]       ; -3/5

to :boolean 0                 ; false
to :boolean 1                 ; true
to :boolean "true"            ; true

to :literal "symbol"          ; 'symbol

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to :string 2020               ; "2020"
to :string 'symbol            ; "symbol"
to :string :word              ; "word"

to :string .format:"dd/MM/yy" now
; 22/03/21

to :string .format:".2f" 123.12345
; 123.12

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to :block "one two three"       ; [one two three]

do to :block "print 123"        ; 123

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to :date 0          ; => 1970-01-01T01:00:00+01:00

print now           ; 2021-05-22T07:39:10+02:00
to :integer now     ; => 1621661950

to :date .format:"dd/MM/yyyy" "22/03/2021"
; 2021-03-22T00:00:00+01:00

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to [:string] [1 2 3 4]
; ["1" "2" "3" "4"]

to [:char] "hello"
; [`h` `e` `l` `l` `o`]

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define :person [name surname age][]

to :person ["John" "Doe" 35]
; [name:John surname:Doe age:35]

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to :color [255 0 10]
; => #FF000A

to :color .hsl [255 0.2 0.4]
; => #5C527A

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