Title: Change Data Type
Slug: change_data_type
Summary: Change Data Type Using Scala.
Date: 2017-01-03 12:00
Category: Scala
Tags: Basics
Authors: Chris Albon

This tutorial was inspired by the awesome Scala Cookbook.

Change To Integer



In [1]:

    
// Convert a float to an integer 
32.34.toInt









    Out[1]:





32



In [2]:

    
// Convert a string to an integer
"23394".toInt









    Out[2]:





23394

Change To Double



In [3]:

    
// Convert a string to a double
"23394".toDouble









    Out[3]:





23394.0

Change To Float



In [4]:

    
// Convert a string to float
"23394".toFloat









    Out[4]:





23394.0



In [5]:

    
// Convert an integer to float
3923.toFloat









    Out[5]:





3923.0

Change To Long



In [6]:

    
// Convert a string to long
"23394".toLong









    Out[6]:





23394

Change To Short



In [7]:

    
// Convert a string to short
"23394".toShort









    Out[7]:





23394

Change To Byte



In [10]:

    
// Convert a string to byte
"10".toByte









    Out[10]:





10

Change To String



In [9]:

    
// Convert an integer to string
2393.toString









    Out[9]:





2393