Cast

Supported in: Batch, Streaming

Cast expression to given type.

Expression categories: Cast, Popular

Declared arguments

• Expression - Expression to cast.
  Expression<AnyType>
• Type - Type to cast to.
  Type<C>

Type variable bounds: C accepts AnyType

Output type: C

Examples

Example 1: Base case

Description: Casting string to long Argument values:

• Expression: 1234
• Type: Long

Output: 1234

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Example 2: Base case

Description: Casting long to string Argument values:

• Expression: 1234
• Type: String

Output: 1234

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Example 3: Base case

Argument values:

• Expression: a
• Type: Date

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Example 4: Base case

Description: Casting string to decimal Argument values:

• Expression: 1234
• Type: Decimal(4, 0)

Output: 1234

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