implement string->int

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/interpreter.py b/interpreter.py
index 0905368..26ac8a9 100644
--- a/interpreter.py
+++ b/interpreter.py
@@ -355,6 +355,14 @@ def interpretStrip(symbol, args, env):
 GLOBALS.register("strip", Builtin(interpretStrip, 1))
 
 #  - string->int and string->float
+def interpretStringToInt(symbol, args, env):
+    try:
+        return int(args[0].value)
+    except:
+        raise Exception(f"can't convert {args[0].value} to an int")
+
+GLOBALS.register("string->int", Builtin(interpretStringToInt, 1))
+
 #  - split a string by a given field
 def interpretSplit(symbol, args, env):
     target = evaluate(args[0], env)