nushell/docs/commands/into_decimal.md

---
title: into decimal
layout: command
version: 0.59.1
---

converts text into decimal

## Signature

```> into decimal ...rest```

## Parameters

 -  `...rest`: optionally convert text into decimal by column paths

## Examples

Convert string to integer in table
```shell
> [[num]; ['5.01']] | into decimal num
```

Convert string to integer
```shell
> '1.345' | into decimal
```

Convert decimal to integer
```shell
> '-5.9' | into decimal
```