cast

cast(X, Y)

or

X $ Y

X can be of any data form.

Y is a data type or a data pair.

• convert a data type to another;

• reshape a matrix, or convert between matrices and vectors.

x=8.9$INT;
x;
// output
9

x=1..10;
x;
// output
[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]

typestr x;
// output
FAST INT VECTOR

x/2;
// output
[0,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5]

x=x$DOUBLE;
typestr x;
// output
FAST DOUBLE VECTOR

x/2;
// output
[0.5,1,1.5,2,2.5,3,3.5,4,4.5,5]

x=`IBM`MS;
typestr x;
// output
STRING VECTOR

x=x$SYMBOL;
typestr x;
// output
FAST SYMBOL VECTOR

x=`128.9;
typestr x;
// output
STRING

x=x$INT;
x;
// output
128
typestr x;
// output
INT

// convert a vector to a matrix
m=1..8$2:4;
m;

// reshape a matrix
m$4:2;

m$1:size(m);