float.md (456B)
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2 title: float
3 linktitle: float
4 description: Creates a `float` from the argument passed into the function.
5 date: 2017-09-28
6 publishdate: 2017-09-28
7 lastmod: 2017-09-28
8 categories: [functions]
9 menu:
10 docs:
11 parent: "functions"
12 keywords: [strings,floats]
13 signature: ["float INPUT"]
14 workson: []
15 hugoversion:
16 relatedfuncs: []
17 deprecated: false
18 aliases: []
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20
21 Useful for turning strings into floating point numbers.
22
23 ```
24 {{ float "1.23" }} → 1.23
25 ```