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These built-in functions are accessed via the pseudo unit “Integer”

Returns an integer representation of the string value expression

Info

@Test
void testFromString(){
string s = "12";
int value = Integer:fromString(s);
Assert:isNotNull(value, "Integer:fromString returned null for a valid integer value");
Assert:isEqual(value, 12, "Integer:fromString returned an incorrect integer value");
s = "abc";
value = Integer:fromString(s);
Assert:isNull(value, "Integer:fromString didn't return null for an invalid integer value");
}

These built-in functions are accessed via the pseudo unit “Decimal”

Returns an decimal representation of the string value expression

Info
decimal value = Decimal:fromString(s);

These built-in functions are accessed via the pseudo unit “Uuid”

Returns an UUID representation of the string value expression

Info
uuid value = Uuid:fromString(s);

Converting To String

Assigning a non-string value to a string variable implicitly converts the value to string.

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int i = 12; string s = i; //int to string decimal d = 12.34; string s = d; //decimal to string

To convert from string to another primitive, use the fromString(s) BIFs available on the corresponding data type namespace.

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language	java
title	to int

string s = "12"; int i = Integer:fromString(s);

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language	java
title	to decimal

decimal d = Decimal:fromString("12.34");

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language	java
title	to uuid

uuid id = Uuid:fromString(user._id);

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language	java
linenumbers	true

date d = Date:fromString("2017-01-02");

For converting from string to datetime, use Date:fromTimeString(s):

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datetime dt = Date:fromTimeString("2017-1-20 08:45:12 GMT");