Name

tointeger — Converts a string to an integer.

Synopsis

integer tointeger ( string value ,
  integer base );
 

Parameters

string value

integer base

Return

integer

Description

If the value can't be converted to an integer, nil is returned.

Usage

  tointeger("20", 8) -> 16
 

  tointeger("20", 10) -> 20
 

  tointeger("20", 16) -> 32
 

  tointeger("0x20", 16) -> 32