integer function in the Factory

The integer function returns the values of the specified attribute cast to the integer data type.


Parameters

integer(column)

Parameter

Description

column

The attribute whose values will be cast to the integer data type.


Example - integer(column)

The following example uses the Sales _2017dataset.

Description

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In this example, the Sales attribute is expressed as a continuous value, with two decimal places.

We have used the integer function to round off this continuous value to an integer, using the formula integer($"Sales").