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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/typecast.tm.html
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Synopsis

Convert an object from one data type to another.

Syntax

typecast (x, new_type)

Description

The typecast function performs a generic typecast operation on x to convert it to new_type. If x represents an array, the function will attempt to convert all elements of x to new_type. Not all objects can be converted and a type-mismatch error will result upon failure.

Example

    define to_complex (x)
    {
       return typecast (x, Complex_Type);
    }

defines a function that converts its argument, x to a complex number.

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Last modified: December 2006



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