!!!TO_NUMBER !Functionality: This Oracle function converts a string to a number !Parameters: |NUMBER | the text string |Format | (optional) the format that the string is in – generally not used !Returns: Number !Errors: None !Operations: This function is only used when Oracle (which normally does conversions for you automatically). You might use this when converting !Example: {{to_number(~)|| will return 123.55 when the value is ‘123.55’