FUNCTION::STRING_TO_FP(3stap)

💖 FUNCTION::STRING_TO_FP 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the floating point processing Tapsets corner of the SystemTap manual ✨ this one lives in section 3stap and it's literally so useful, i promise 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

function::string_to_fp — convert the given string into floating point 💅

like. the name says it all. it takes a string, it gives you a float. iconic behaviour honestly.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

string_to_fp:long(input:string)

one function, one argument, one long coming back at ya. no cap. 🌈

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• input — the string representation of a decimal number 🍓 like, the text version of your number, as a string. that's it. that's the whole job.

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💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

so here's the vibe: you hand this function the string representation of a decimal number, and it converts it into a floating point — which gets stored in a 64 bit long. 🧚

that's the entire plot bestie. string goes in, float-shaped long comes out, 64 bits of pure main character energy 👑

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• tapset::floatingpoint(3stap) — go read this one too, it's the whole floatingpoint tapset fam 💜

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okay that's the page!! mwah 💅✨ this was the SystemTap Tapset Reference, September 2026, floating point processing Tapsets edition — go forth and convert your strings, bestie, you got this 🫶🎀🦋