[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')]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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