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title: Parse Float
sidebar:
  label: Parse
  order: 1
---
import SchemaInfo from '../../../../components/SchemaInfo.astro';

The `float.parse` processor takes a string and parses it as a float with the specified `base` and `bitSize`. This processor will return an error if the message being processed is not a string or if the string cannot be parsed into a float.

<SchemaInfo type="processor" id="float.parse"/>

### Example

This would parse the string payload as a 32 bit float and set the payload to that value.

```yaml
- type: float.parse
  params:
    bitSize: 32
```