Type Casting / toFloat

toFloat(value, [failover])

Tries to coerce value into a float (32-bit floating point vaule). If value is a number, the conversion is direct. If value is a string, it is parsed to see if it represents a float. If not, type casting fails.

toFloat("38.772")

... returns 38.772

toFloat({Root Container.TextField.text}, 0.0)

... returns the value in the text box as a float, or 0.0 if the value doesn't represent an number.