isint()

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Definition

isint() takes a value as an argument and returns true if the value is an integer. The value can be either a literal value or a column reference.

Examples

The following example returns either "int" or "not int" depending on if the value in 'field' column is an integer.

| makeresults
| eval field=2.6
| eval n=if(isint(field),"int", "not int")
Screenshot of the previous example’s result

Further Reading