EdgeQL Tutorial

Scalars

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There are other scalars that don't have their own dedicated literals, but can instead be represented by casting some literal into the appropriate type. These are: uuid, datetime, duration, and json. In order to cast one value into a particular scalar type you need to put <new-type> before the value. Try out a few casts:

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Note that casting from one scalar type to another is a generic operation and can be performed between many (but not all) types. For example, every type can be cast to and from a string (str), except for bytes, which cannot be cast into anything else. Most types can also be cast into json.

It is also possible to chain cast operations one after the other. They will be evaluated from right to left (from the cast adjacent to the value and moving out).

The full list of all the basic scalar types is: bool, bytes, uuid, str, json, datetime, duration, int16, int32, int64, float32, float64, decimal, bigint. Try out a few casts:

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