opposite of str?

[Tankbuster 1744]

Guys,

As part of my ongoing battle with getVariable, I'm curious to know...

str takes a numeric and turns it into a string.. is there a function that does the opposite.. takes a string turns it (where possible) into a numeric?

[.kju 3244]

toArray and toString

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_ArmA2

[Muzzleflash 111]

I think you are looking for parseNumber

[Tankbuster 1744]

I'd seen toArray, but not parseNumber. Many thanks to both. :)

[madrussian 347]

I use "call compile _str" to convert things back from a string to what they were originally. So you can probably skip the step of having to pull your number back out of the resulting array you end up with while using toArray.

You will likely need the format command as well, depending on what you're doing.