[ integer ]
[Integer] casts a value to data type integer.
The following rules apply when performing this conversion.
- Decimal values are rounded (same function as [Math_RInt]).
- String values that contain only a decimal or integer representation are cast to the integer equivalent.
- Null values are cast to 0.
It is not possible to use this tag to cast values of types map or array.
- Syntax
- Methods
- Traits
Integer(Value)
local(result = integer(Value))Examples
- Beginner
To cast an action parameter to type integer:
Values retrieved from an HTML form or URL using [Action_Param] are always of data type string. It is necessary to cast these values to integer if they will be used in a mathematical expression using symbols.
The following example adds the values for two [Action_Param] methods using the math symbol +.
Code
integer(action_param('Price')) + integer(action_param('Shipping'))
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