CAST
cast: func [value type] [to type value]
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cast: func [value type] [to type value]
can-cast?: func [value type] [not error? try [to type value]]]
int numero = 15; System.out.println(Integer.toBinaryString(numero));
cast: func [ ; convert coerce
"Convert a value referenced by a word to a new datatype."
input [block!] "A word, and the target datatype."
/local words type val
] [
parse input [
some [
copy words to 'to skip set type any-type! (
;while [pos: find words 'and] [remove pos]
remove-each word words [word = 'and]
foreach word words [
val: get/any word
set/any word to either word? type [get type] [type] val
]
)
]
]
]
comment {
a: "A-0001"
b: #B002
c: 300
d: <H1>
e: 'test
cast [a to issue!] print mold :a
cast [b to tag!] print mold :b
cast [c to decimal!] print mold :c
cast [a b c to string!] print remold [:a :b :c]
cast [a b and c to issue!] print remold [:a :b :c]
cast [
a b and c to tag!
and
d and e to issue!
] print remold [:a :b :c :d :e]
cast [a b c to <x> d e to "x"] print remold [:a :b :c :d :e]
}