Function: eshell-convert-to-number

eshell-convert-to-number is a byte-compiled function defined in esh-util.el.gz.

This function is obsolete since 31.1; use eshell-mark-numeric-string' instead.

Signature

(eshell-convert-to-number STRING)

Documentation

Try to convert STRING to a number.

If STRING doesn't look like a number (or eshell-convert-numeric-arguments is nil), just return STRING unchanged.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/eshell/esh-util.el.gz
(defun eshell-convert-to-number (string)
  "Try to convert STRING to a number.
If STRING doesn't look like a number (or
`eshell-convert-numeric-arguments' is nil), just return STRING
unchanged."
  (declare (obsolete 'eshell-mark-numeric-string "31.1"))
  (if (eshell-convertible-to-number-p string)
      (string-to-number string)
    string))