TO_LONGedit
Converts an input value to a long value.
The input can be a single- or multi-valued field or an expression. The input type must be of a boolean, date, string or numeric type.
Example:
ROW str1 = "2147483648", str2 = "2147483648.2", str3 = "foo" | EVAL long1 = TO_LONG(str1), long2 = TO_LONG(str2), long3 = TO_LONG(str3)
| str1:keyword | str2:keyword | str3:keyword | long1:long | long2:long | long3:long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2147483648 |
2147483648.2 |
foo |
2147483648 |
2147483648 |
null |
Note that in this example, the last conversion of the string isn’t possible. When this happens, the result is a null value. In this case a Warning header is added to the response. The header will provide information on the source of the failure:
"Line 1:113: evaluation of [TO_LONG(str3)] failed, treating result as null. Only first 20 failures recorded."
A following header will contain the failure reason and the offending value:
"java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: \"foo\""
If the input parameter is of a date type, its value will be interpreted as milliseconds since the Unix epoch, converted to long.
Boolean true will be converted to long 1, false to 0.