String Parsing

There is a string parsing from type String to every other numeral type. This type of conversion typically parses the string operand by first replacing all occurrences of the ‘*’ character to a ‘.’. This allows input of numbers through steps such as the Cisco Unified CCX Editor GetDigitString step where the caller might use the ‘*’ character to represent a decimal point. Then the resulting string is converted to the specified numerical type. String parsing can always result in exceptions being thrown at run-time.