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SYNOPSIS
mixed *to_array(string)
mixed *to_array(symbol)
mixed *to_array(quotedarray)
mixed *to_array(mixed *)
mixed *to_array(struct)

(int*)<value>

DESCRIPTION
Strings and symbols are converted to an int array that
consists of the args characters. Note that the string "12" will be
converted to the array ({ 33, 34 }), and not ({ 33, 34, 0 }) (the
LDMud versions prior to 3.3 returned the latter array).

Quoted arrays are ``dequoted'', and arrays are left as they
are.

structs are converted into a normal array.

BUGS
The cast notation only works if the precise type of <value>
is known at compile-time. This will not be fixed - use the
function form instead.

HISTORY
LDMud 3.3.250 added structs to the accepted data types.

SEE ALSO
to_int(E), to_string(E), to_struct(E)