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## Parsing a String

One of the more common types to convert a string into is a number. The idiomatic
approach to this is to use the [`parse`] function and either to arrange for
type inference or to specify the type to parse using the 'turbofish' syntax.
Both alternatives are shown in the following example.
It's useful to convert strings into many types, but one of the more common string
operations is to convert them from string to number. The idiomatic approach to
this is to use the [`parse`] function and either to arrange for type inference or
to specify the type to parse using the 'turbofish' syntax. Both alternatives are
shown in the following example.

This will convert the string into the type specified as long as the [`FromStr`]
trait is implemented for that type. This is implemented for numerous types
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