yq
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  • yq
  • How It Works
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  • Operators
    • Add
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    • Kind
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    • Split into Documents
    • String Operators
    • Style
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    • Tag
    • To Number
    • Traverse (Read)
    • Union
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  • Usage
    • Output format
    • Working with CSV, TSV
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  • Converts strings to numbers
  • Doesn't change numbers
  • Cannot convert null

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  1. Operators

To Number

Parses the input as a number. yq will try to parse values as an int first, failing that it will try float. Values that already ints or floats will be left alone.

Converts strings to numbers

Given a sample.yml file of:

- "3"
- "3.1"
- "-1e3"

then

yq '.[] | to_number' sample.yml

will output

3
3.1
-1e3

Doesn't change numbers

Given a sample.yml file of:

- 3
- 3.1
- -1e3

then

yq '.[] | to_number' sample.yml

will output

3
3.1
-1e3

Cannot convert null

Running

yq --null-input '.a.b | to_number'

will output

Error: cannot convert node value [null] at path a.b of tag !!null to number
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