Data Type Conversion

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Overview

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

Details

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>