The [integer] method returns an integer, the value of which depends on the parameter(s) passed to the method. It has the following variants:

• integer()
  • Returns zero
• integer(s::string, base::integer)
  • Converts the string parameter into an integer using the base indicator. For example, octal would be 8 while hexadecimal would be 16. One would not include any prefixes on the string value. For example a '0x' or a leading zero for octal.
• integer(d::decimal)
  • Decimal is rounded to the nearest integer.
• integer(i::integer)
  • Returns the parameter unchanged.
• integer(s::string)
  • Converts the string into an integer, respecting any leading - or + operators.
• integer(b::boolean)
  • Returns zero or one depending on the parameter value.
• integer(b::bytes)
  • Converts the bytes into a string using UTF-8 and then performs as the integer(::string) variant does.