cast-functions-and-operators.md

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Cast Functions and Operators	Learn about the cast functions and operators.	/docs/dev/functions-and-operators/cast-functions-and-operators/ /docs/dev/reference/sql/functions-and-operators/cast-functions-and-operators/

Cast Functions and Operators

TiDB supports all of the cast functions and operators available in MySQL 5.7.

Name	Description
BINARY	Cast a string to a binary string
CAST()	Cast a value as a certain type
CONVERT()	Cast a value as a certain type

Cast functions and operators enable conversion of values from one data type to another.