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@@ -58372,6 +58372,8 @@ Thus fields which are non-numeric strings or the object .code nil get converted to 0, or 0.0 in the case of .codn rz . +.coIP - +Performs no conversion: the corresponding field is taken as-is. .RE .IP Because @@ -58399,6 +58401,20 @@ expression can be used as the condition in an clause which triggers the action if one or more fields have been extracted, and performs conversions on them. + +Note: although +.code fconv +is intended for converting textual fields, and the semantic descriptions below +consequently make references to string inputs, the behavior of +.code fconv +with respect to non-string fields can be inferred. For instance if a field +actually holds the floating-point value 3.14, and the +.code i +conversion is applied to it, it will produce 3, because it works by +means of the +.code toint +function which. + .TP* Examples: .verb |