Topic: How do you derturman what type to convert to?

[BazzaCAD]

OK, so I'm reading in a .txt file, and of course everything comes in as a string.
Let's say I have ("abc" "123" "1.5")...
How do I leave the "abc" as a string, convert the "123" to an Int, & convert the "1.5" to a Float?

thx,
Barry

[Kerry]

Hi Barry.
perhaps something like ..

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(setq
    varlist (list "abc" "123" "1.5")
    newlist '()
    )
(FOREACH var varlist
    (SETQ newlist (CONS (IF (DISTOF var)
                            (READ var)
                            var
                        )
                        newlist
                  )
    )
)
(setq newlist (reverse newlist))

[CAB]

Looking for another thread but found this one.
http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=9780.msg125334#msg125334

[CAB]

One more.
http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=3710.0

[BazzaCAD]

thx guys, works great...