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  3. FLOAT

FLOAT

    Syntax

    FLOAT( expression )
    

    Description

    Converts the expression expression to fractional number format according to the following rules:

    Type Value
    Number Original value.
    Date | Datetime Unix time corresponding to the date and time. If the value contains time zone data, it's used in the calculation. If the time zone is unknown, the time is set in UTC.
    String A number from a decimal string.
    Boolean TRUE — 1.0, FALSE — 0.0.

    Argument types:

    • expression — Boolean | Date | Datetime | Number | String

    Return type: Number (decimal)

    Examples

    FLOAT(7) = 7.0
    
    FLOAT("34.567") = 34.567
    
    FLOAT(TRUE) = 1.0
    

    Data source support

    Materialized Dataset, ClickHouse 1.1, Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (14.0), MySQL 5.6, Oracle Database 12c (12.1), PostgreSQL 9.3.

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