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.TH Num.parse 3 2025-04-19T14:48:15.713413 "Tomo man-pages"
.SH NAME
Num.parse \- Converts a text representation of a number into a floating-point number.

.SH LIBRARY
Tomo Standard Library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BI Num.parse\ :\ func(text:\ Text\ ->\ Num?)
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
Converts a text representation of a number into a floating-point number.


.TS
allbox;
lb lb lbx lb
l l l l.
Name	Type	Description	Default
text	Text	The text containing the number. 	-
.TE
.SH RETURN
The number represented by the text or `none` if the entire text can't be parsed as a number.

.SH EXAMPLES
.EX
>> Num.parse("3.14")
= 3.14
>> Num.parse("1e3")
= 1000
.EE