parse function

Category:

Miscellaneous

Calculates and returns the result of the expression x. Its main purpose it to calculate expressions not known in the time of the formula writing, i.e. held in database fields, files etc.

It can be used, for example, when it is needed to enrich the text template taken from a database column with data from other database columns.

Syntax

parse(
  x <AnyType>
): <AnyType>

Parameters

x is the expression to parse. The expression must be syntactically correct. If it of <String> type, it is unquoted before parsing.

Return value

Type: <AnyType>.

Examples of using

parse(dataset_field_val(1, 'EMAIL_TEMPLATE'))