docs-v2/content/flux/v0/stdlib/experimental/array/tofloat.md

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array.toFloat() function	`array.toFloat()` converts all values in an array to floats.	flux_v0_ref name parent identifier array.toFloat experimental/array experimental/array/toFloat	201	type-conversions	0.184.0

array.toFloat() converts all values in an array to floats.

Supported array types

• [string] (numeric, scientific notation, ±Inf, or NaN)
• [bool]
• [int]
• [uint]

Function type signature

(<-arr: [A]) => [float]

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Parameters

arr

Array of values to convert. Default is the piped-forward array (<-).

Examples

• Convert an array of integers to floats
• Convert an array of strings to floats

Convert an array of integers to floats

import "experimental/array"

arr = [12, 24, 36, 48]

array.toFloat(arr: arr)// Returns [12.0, 24.0, 36.0, 48.0]

Convert an array of strings to floats

import "experimental/array"

arr = ["12", "1.23e+4", "NaN", "24.2"]

array.toFloat(arr: arr)// Returns [12.0, 1.2300, NaN, 24.2]