Single.From

 

This topic applies to the Power Query Formula Language which can be used with Power Query and Power BI Desktop to build queries that mashup data. See the list of function categories.

Returns a Single number value from the given value.

Single.From(value as any, optional culture as nullable text)  as nullable number  

ArgumentDescription
valueValue to convert.
optional cultureA text value corresponding to the culture values supported on your version of Windows, such as "en-US". If the culture is not specified, the current user culture is used. For a list of culture names, see National Language Support (NLS) API Reference.

If the given value is null, Single.From returns null. If the given value is number within the range of Single, value is returned, otherwise an error is returned. If the given value is of any other type, see Number.FromText for converting it to number value, then the previous statement about converting number value to Single number value applies.

Single.From("1.5") equals 1.5  

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