Tonumber - Revision history

MKlegoman357: Expanded

2014-04-10T18:41:31Z

Expanded

AfterLifeLochie: Added to CAT:LuaForeFunctions.

2012-11-28T21:23:32Z

Added to CAT:LuaForeFunctions.

Pinkishu at 13:13, 8 July 2012

2012-07-08T13:13:16Z

Pinkishu at 13:11, 8 July 2012

2012-07-08T13:11:26Z

Banane9: created the page

2012-07-08T10:09:51Z

created the page

New page

{{Function
|name=tonumber
|args=[[string (type)|string]] to be converted into a number (needs to be a number)
|api=none
|addon=ComputerCraft
|desc=Converts a string into a number
|examples=
{{Example
|desc=Converts the strings into numbers and adds the together. (It would be more intelligent to just save it as a number.)
|code=number1 = "10"
number2 = "5"
print (number1, " + ", number2, " = ", tonumber (number1) + tonumber (number2))
|output = 10 + 5 = 15
|notes=*
}}
}}

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 {{Function
 |name=tonumber
-|args=[[string (type)|string]] to be converted into a number (needs to be a number)
+|args={{type|string}} number [<nowiki/>, {{type|number}} base]
 |addon=ComputerCraft
-|desc=Converts a string into a number
+|desc=Tries to convert its argument to a {{type|number}}. If the argument is already a number or a string convertible to a number, then '''tonumber''' returns this number; otherwise, it returns {{type|nil}}.<br><br>
 |api=
 |examples=
 {{Example
-|desc=Converts the strings into numbers and adds the together. (It would be more intelligent to just save it as a number.)
+|desc=Converts strings into numbers and adds them together. (It would be more intelligent to just save it as a number.)
-|code=number1 = "10"
+|code=local number1 = "10"
-  number2 = "5"
+  local number2 = "5"
   print (number1, " + ", number2, " = ", tonumber (number1) + tonumber (number2))
 |output = 10 + 5 = 15
 }}
 }}
 [[Category:Lua_Core_Functions]]