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Revision as of 14:31, 13 July 2023
Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)
Description
Tries to convert its argument to a number. <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> (number) = tonumber(e,base) </source>
If the argument is already a number or a string convertible to a number, tonumber returns this number, otherwise returns nil.
An optional argument specifies the base to interpret the numeral. The base may be any integer between 2 and 36, inclusive:
- in bases above 10, the letter 'A' (in either upper or lower case) represents 10, 'B' represents 11, and so forth, with 'Z' representing 35
- in base 10 (the default), the number can have a decimal part, as well as an optional exponent part
- in other bases, only unsigned integers are accepted
Parameters
e: (any) value to convert to number
base: (varies) the base to convert number to, default: 10 optional
Return values
Returns (number) returns the number or nil if it could not be converted
