Data Type Conversion

This This article details how to convert from one data type to another in Spel code. This concept is regarded as casting.
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Primary data types used in USD spel.

• string
• int
• date
• duration
• uuid (introduced in r11.x)

Example: <source lang="javascript">string MyString; int MyInt; date MyDate; duration MyDuration; uuid MyUUID;

MyString = "Hello world no: " +(string) 1; // result: "Hello world no: 1" MyInt = (int) "2 times"); // result: 2 MyDate = (date)( (string) now()); // result: the actual date depending of your system time configuration MyDuration = (duration)((int) "2" + 3), // result: duration of 5 sec. MyUUID = (uuid)expand( "&{'mylogin'=cnt.userid->id}"); // result: the id of contact having userid "mylogin"</source>

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