4rpl:commands:asfloat
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| Converts an item on the stack to a floating point number and pushes it back onto the stack. | Converts an item on the stack to a floating point number and pushes it back onto the stack. | ||
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| + | This is useful if one needs a floating-point result from operating on two integers. By default, 4RPL may return an integer value after an arithmetic operation on two integers, but a floating-point value might be desirable. | ||
| ===== Examples ===== | ===== Examples ===== | ||
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| + | Force (coerce) floating point: | ||
| + | <code 4rpl> | ||
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| + | 4 3 div trace # yields 1 | ||
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| + | 4 asFloat 3 div trace # yields 1.333.. | ||
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| + | </ | ||
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| + | See also: | ||
| + | * [[AsInt]] | ||
| + | * [[AsString]] | ||
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