Type Conversion and Creation

Note that these APIs exist principally for CLR interop purposes; they are generally unnecessary for use inside irScript proper, where implicit type conversions are performed by the language itself, as needed.

Method Name	Return type	Arguments	Description
ToGuid	System.Guid	element	Creates a new guid from the supplied Text value element
ToEnum	<varies>	fullyQualifiedEnum TypeName, textualEnumValue	Creates a new System.Enum- subclassed value corresponding to the specified type name (CLR namespace+type) and textual value representation
IsNativeInteger	Boolean	element	Returns true if element is a 64-bit signed integer, otherwise false
IsNativeDecimal	Boolean	element	Returns true if element is a System.Decimal value, otherwise false
IsNativeCollection	Boolean	element	Returns true if element is a native irScript ScriptCollection, otherwise false
CreateDictionary	System.IDictiona ry<string, object>	<none>	Creates and returns a new, empty CLR dictionary
ToArray	System.Array of designated type	collection, elementType	Creates a new CLR array with elements of type elementType and copies the elements of collection into it; all elements must be of type elementType or subclasses of elementType
ToArrayWithTran sform	System.Array of designated type	collection, elementType, transformFunction	Creates a new CLR array with elements of type elementType and copies the elements of collection into it; transformFunction is a ScriptFunction taking one parameter and returning a value; transformFunction is invoked for each element prior to copying, and the result for each element must be of type elementType or a subclass of elementType
ToCollection	ScriptCollection	collection	Creates a new ScriptCollection by copying all elements from collection (any System.IEnumerable instance)
ToInt	Integer	Any	Converts argument value to an intrinsic integer value
ToNumber	Decimal	Any	Converts argument value to an intrinsic decimal value
ToString	Text	Any	Converts argument value to an intrinsic string value
ToBool	Boolean	Any	Converts argument value to an intrinsic boolean value
ToDateTime	DateTime	Any	Converts argument value to an intrinsic datetime value
ToDate	Date	Any	Converts argument value to an intrinsic date value
New	CLR object type	Assembly-qualified CLR type name, optional constructor arguments	Creates an instance of the type specified by the first argument (type name), by invoking the constructor that matches the other specified arguments (if none, then invokes default constructor)