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Applies to: 
Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime
Casts the value expr to the target data type type. This operator is a synonym for cast function.
Syntax
expr :: type
Arguments
expr: Any castable expression.
Returns
The result is type type.
Examples
> SELECT '20'::INTEGER;
20
> SELECT typeof(NULL::STRING);
string