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[Integer]

[Integer] casts a value to data type integer. The following rules apply when performing this conversion.
- Decimal values are truncated.
- 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
  • Parameters
[Integer: 'Value']

[Variable: 'VariableName'=(Integer: 'Value')]
Required Parameters
Value The value which will be converted to an integer.
Examples

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] tags using the math symbol +.

[Output: (Integer: (Action_Param: 'Price')) +
  (Integer: (Action_Param: 'Shipping'))]
Result:
20
Tag Link [Integer] Category Data Type
Type Substitution Data Source Any
Support Preferred Version 5.0
Output Type Integer Security None
Implementation Sets Lasso 5.0

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