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ASF GitHub Bot commented on TINKERPOP-3166:
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andreachild commented on code in PR #3153:
URL: https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/pull/3153#discussion_r2193656904
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docs/src/reference/the-traversal.asciidoc:
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@@ -829,6 +829,37 @@ g.inject(datetime("2023-08-24T00:00:00Z")).asDate() <3>
link:++https://tinkerpop.apache.org/javadocs/x.y.z/core/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/process/traversal/dsl/graph/GraphTraversal.html#asDate()++[`asDate()`]
+[[asNumber-step]]
+=== AsNumber Step
+
+The `asNumber()`-step (*map*) converts the incoming traverser to the nearest
parsable type if no argument is provided, or to the desired numerical type,
based on the number token (N) provided.
+
+Numerical input will pass through unless a type is specified by the number
token, with the exception that any float number will be converted into double.
`ArithmeticException` will be thrown for any overflow during narrowing of types.
+
+String input will be parsed. By default, the smalled unit of number to be
parsed into is `int` if no number token is provided. `NumberFormatException`
will be thrown for any unparsable strings.
Review Comment:
```suggestion
String inputs are parsed into numeric values. By default, the value will be
parsed as an integer if it represents a whole number, or as a double if it
contains a decimal point. A NumberFormatException will be thrown if the string
cannot be parsed into a valid number format.
```
> Add number conversion step asNumber()
> -------------------------------------
>
> Key: TINKERPOP-3166
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TINKERPOP-3166
> Project: TinkerPop
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: language
> Affects Versions: 3.8.0
> Reporter: Yang Xia
> Priority: Major
>
> Given the addition of the {{asString()}} and {{asDate()}} steps in the 3.7
> line, it should also be helpful to add an {{asNumber()}} step that does
> numerical casting/conversions.
> The current idea is for the {{asNumber()}} step to convert the incoming
> traverser to the nearest parsable type (e.g. int or double) if no argument is
> provided, or to the desired numerical type, based on a number token
> ({{{}N{}}}) provided. Like the {{asDate()}} step, it will not be scoped (for
> now, scopes can be added in the future).
> Some conjured examples:
> {code:java}
> gremlin> g.inject(5).asNumber()
> ==> 5 // parses to int
> gremlin> g.inject(5.123f).asNumber()
> ==> 5.123
> gremlin> g.inject(5.43).asNumber(N.int)
> ==> 5 {code}
> More details can be found in the [proposal
> doc|https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/blob/master/docs/src/dev/future/proposal-asnumber-step-6.asciidoc].
>
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