double

Syntax

double(X)

Arguments

X can be of any data type.

Details

Convert the input to the data type of DOUBLE.

Examples

// make a double variable with default value 0
$ x=double();
$ x;
00F
$ typestr x;
DOUBLE

$ typestr double(`10);
DOUBLE

$ double(`10.9);
10.9

$ double(now());
5.297834e+011