valueto

Valueto is a term used in programming and data transformation to denote an operation that maps a value to a destination or to a target type. The name suggests converting or assigning a value into a specified form or location.

In practice, valueto can appear in two primary forms: a type-conversion variant that coerces or converts a value to a target type, and a mapping or assignment variant that copies or writes a value into a designated field or location. The exact meaning depends on the language or framework, and implementations may differ in error handling, strictness, and whether the operation mutates an existing variable or returns a new value.

Syntax and usage vary by language. In type-conversion form, valueto is commonly represented as a function or operator that takes a value and a target type, returning the converted result. In destination-mapping form, valueto may take a source value and a destination reference, performing an assignment or writing the value to a specified field or slot. Some languages provide both forms, while others support implicit conversions that resemble valueto behavior.

Examples in descriptive terms include converting a numeric string to an integer, such as valueto("42", int) yielding 42, or converting a string to a boolean, such as valueto("true", boolean) yielding true. When conversion is not possible, implementations may raise an error, return a default, or produce a null value, depending on language rules and error-handling settings.

Valueto is related to broader concepts like type casting, type conversion, coercion, and data transformation. It is sometimes discussed alongside explicit conversion functions and toX methods common in many programming languages. See also: Type casting, Type conversion, ToInt, ToString.