1# Type Conversion Functions
2
3The following type conversion functions are provided by Sprig:
4
5- `atoi`: Convert a string to an integer.
6- `float64`: Convert to a `float64`.
7- `int`: Convert to an `int` at the system's width.
8- `int64`: Convert to an `int64`.
9- `toDecimal`: Convert a unix octal to a `int64`.
10- `toString`: Convert to a string.
11- `toStrings`: Convert a list, slice, or array to a list of strings.
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13Only `atoi` requires that the input be a specific type. The others will attempt
14to convert from any type to the destination type. For example, `int64` can convert
15floats to ints, and it can also convert strings to ints.
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17## toStrings
18
19Given a list-like collection, produce a slice of strings.
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21```
22list 1 2 3 | toStrings
23```
24
25The above converts `1` to `"1"`, `2` to `"2"`, and so on, and then returns
26them as a list.
27
28## toDecimal
29
30Given a unix octal permission, produce a decimal.
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32```
33"0777" | toDecimal
34```
35
36The above converts `0777` to `511` and returns the value as an int64.
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