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# to\_float

**Syntax**

```programlisting
to_float(<string>)
```

**Description**

The `to_float()` function converts a string that represents a number to a floating point number. This function is identical to the [to\_number](/cortex-xdr-3.x/cortex-xdr-3.x-documentation/cortex-xdr-xql/functions/to_number.md) function.

**Examples**

Display the first 10 IP addresses that begin with a value greater than `192`. Use the [split](/cortex-xdr-3.x/cortex-xdr-3.x-documentation/cortex-xdr-xql/functions/split.md) function to split the IP address by '.', and then use the [arrayindex](/cortex-xdr-3.x/cortex-xdr-3.x-documentation/cortex-xdr-xql/functions/arrayindex.md) function to retrieve the first value in the resulting array. Convert this to a number and perform an arithmetic compare to arrive at a result set.

```programlisting
dataset = xdr_data 
| fields action_local_ip  as alii 
| filter to_float(arrayindex(split(alii, "."),0))  > 192 
| limit 10 
```


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