Hi everyone, I have a type question, I'm pretty sure it's a silly one, but it has been half an hour, and I could not find anything that answer my question. (I'm french so my english is bad).
What is the simplest way to convert a string into a number ?
a:"1"
"1" typeof a "string" <- Okay a:"%i" format a "1" <- Why not a number ? a:a+0 1 <- number
When the distinction between a number and a string matters, the simplest way to convert the string into a number is with an arithmetic identity operation, like adding zero, as in your last example.
The format operator is for converting data into strings (or lists of strings); its counterpart for decomposing strings into other values is "parse":
"%i" parse "123" 123 "%i|%i|%i" parse "123|34|89" (123,34,89)
