<function name="StringToType" parent="util" type="libraryfunc"> <file line="106-119">lua/includes/extensions/util.lua</file> <file line="108-L125">lua/includes/extensions/util.lua</file> <description> Converts a string to the specified type. This can be useful when dealing with ConVars. </description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <args> <arg name="str" type="string">The string to convert</arg> <arg name="typename" type="string">The type to attempt to convert the string to. This can be vector, angle, float, int, bool, or string (case insensitive).</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="any">The result of the conversion, or nil if a bad type is specified.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Creates a vector from a string representation.</description> <code>local vec = util.StringToType("5 6 75", "Vector")</code> <output>A vector with components **(5, 6, 75)**</output> </example>