Type Coercion & Encoding Verbs

Type conversion (string, number, boolean, date), Base64 encoding, URL encoding, and hashing.

Type Coercion

Verb	Syntax	Description	Try It
coerceString	`%coerceString @path`	Convert to string	Try
coerceNumber	`%coerceNumber @path`	Convert to number	Try
coerceInteger	`%coerceInteger @path`	Convert to integer	Try
coerceBoolean	`%coerceBoolean @path`	Convert to boolean	Try
coerceDate	`%coerceDate @path`	Convert to date	Try
tryCoerce	`%tryCoerce @path`	Auto-detect and convert type	Try

Encoding & Hashing

Verb	Syntax	Description	Try It
base64Encode	`%base64Encode @path`	Encode to Base64	Try
base64Decode	`%base64Decode @path`	Decode from Base64	Try
urlEncode	`%urlEncode @path`	URL-encode string	Try
sha256	`%sha256 @path`	SHA-256 hash	Try
md5	`%md5 @path`	MD5 hash	Try

Examples

Type coercion examples

; Type conversion
year_str = %coerceString @vehicle.year               ; 2024 -> "2024"
amount = %coerceNumber @premium_text                 ; "1234.50" -> 1234.50
active = %coerceBoolean @is_active                   ; "true" -> true

; Encoding
encoded = %base64Encode @document.content            ; Binary -> Base64
url = %urlEncode @search.query                       ; Spaces -> %20