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.TH Byte.parse 3 2025-04-21 "Tomo man-pages"
.SH NAME
Byte.parse \- convert text to a byte
.SH LIBRARY
Tomo Standard Library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BI Byte.parse\ :\ func(text:\ Text\ ->\ Byte?)
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Parse a byte literal from text.


.SH ARGUMENTS

.TS
allbox;
lb lb lbx lb
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Name	Type	Description	Default
text	Text	The text to parse. 	-
.TE
.SH RETURN
The byte parsed from the text, if successful, otherwise `none`.

.SH EXAMPLES
.EX
>> Byte.parse("5")
= Byte(5)?
>> Byte.parse("asdf")
= none
.EE