tonumber command returns a null value

rphillips_splk — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:23:00 GMT

why does the tonumber command return a null value when the string being evaluated contains a space?

example:
string padded by a space character before the 1 returns null:
| stats count| eval test=" 1"|eval me=tonumber(test)

removing the padding returns a value:
| stats count| eval test="1"|eval me=tonumber(test)

workaround for strings with spaces:
| stats count| eval test=" 1"|eval me=trim(test)

Re: tonumber command returns a null value

rphillips_splk — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:25:37 GMT

This has been identified as a bug and is targeted to be fixed in the 6.2.5 maintenance release (~Sept/Oct 2015)