int

Arguments

Returns

An integer representation of the argument.

Description

This function converts the argument to an integer. Floating point numbers are truncated. Binaries, hexadecimals and characters convert to decimal integers. In strings, if the first character(s) are numerical, they will be converted to an integer. Otherwise, a string will return zero. All other expression types generate zero.

Example

    Gamma> int(5.5);
    5
    Gamma> int(0xc);
    12
    Gamma> int(0b111011);
    59
    Gamma> int('h');
    104
    Gamma> int("63 hello");
    63
    Gamma> int("hello 63");
    0
    Gamma> int(random());
    0
    Gamma>  
    		

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