palophatlo

Converts text that resembles a number into a number with a fractional part.

When the text is "12.34", palophatlo hands it back as the number 12.34, which you can then do arithmetic with. If it cannot be read — say palophatlo("kgomo") — you get NaN.

The difference between palophatlo and palotlalo is the fractional part: palotlalo("12.34") is 12, while palophatlo("12.34") is 12.34. When you want a scale between 0 and 1, palophatlo is the one you need.

Given a list of strings, it returns a list of numbers.

Syntax

palophatlo(boleng)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
boleng	mokwalo	Text that resembles a number. A list of strings is also accepted.

Examples

A scale factor that arrived as text

tiro setaLoeto() {
  thalaKanefase(400, 400);
  bokamorago(220);
  tlogelaMothalo();

  diri boleng = "0.75";
  diri tekanyo = palophatlo(boleng);

  kwala(tekanyo);

  tlatsaMmala(220, 90, 40);
  kgolokwe(200, 200, 300 * tekanyo);
}

A list of strings becomes a list of numbers

tiro setaLoeto() {
  thalaKanefase(400, 400);
  bokamorago(220);
  tlogelaMothalo();

  diri boleng = ["0.4", "0.7", "1.0"];
  diri ditekanyo = palophatlo(boleng);

  kwala(ditekanyo);

  diri x = 100;
  gopheta (metlha tekanyo mo ditekanyo) {
    tlatsaMmala(0, 140, 200);
    kgolokwe(x, 200, 130 * tekanyo);
    x = x + 100;
  }
}

See also

palotlalo, mokwalo, fometaPalo