Difference between revisions of "Tonumber"

Revision as of 13:13, 8 July 2012

Function tonumber
Converts a string into a number
Syntax	tonumber(string to be converted into a number (needs to be a number))
Returns	nil
Part of	ComputerCraft
API	none

Example
Converts the strings into numbers and adds the together. (It would be more intelligent to just save it as a number.)
Code	number1 = "10" number2 = "5" print (number1, " + ", number2, " = ", tonumber (number1) + tonumber (number2))
Output	10 + 5 = 15

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{lowercase}}
 {{Function
 |name=tonumber