String to Int
 

Does anyone know if there is a way to convert a string to an int or a float.
Example:

string $mystring = "15";
int $myint = ($mystring - 1);
print $myint;

Maya doesn't execute this script because $mystring doesn't really have a int value. In BASIC I think this concept would be written as:
Dim mystring As string = "15"
Dim myint As integer = (val(mystring) - 1)
MsgBox(myint)
The VAL function works in BASIC but it won't work in MEL. Of course it doesn't seem like MEL hasa VAL function but is there an alternative?

you're talking about casting.

you can cast a string like this:

string $strVal = "150000";
int $intVal = (int)$strVal;
float $floatVal = (float)$strVal;


and you can go the other way too:

int $intVal = 1545;
string $strVal = (string)$intVal;

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A

Whoa thanks a bunch. Never thought there would be a way for this. Couldn't find anything in the reference commands or anything.
:beer: You're Awsome:beer:

no problem. Casting is common in many programming languages.

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