# Convert string variable into floats?
**URL:** https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-string-variable-into-floats/130158
**Category:** Questions & Answers
**Created:** [February 7, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-string-variable-into-floats/130158 "2015-02-07T23:05:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@tperry1x](https://discussions.unity.com/u/tperry1x)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-string-variable-into-floats/130158/1 "2015-02-07T23:05:00Z")
print(restoreplayerpos);
// variable contains -7.4, 1.4, 6.5
```
// restore player position
var playerObject = GameObject.Find("player");
playerObject.transform.position = Vector3(restoreplayerpos); // need to convert the variable restoreplayerpos into a float somehow?
```
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### Author:  [@keburanuil](https://discussions.unity.com/u/keburanuil)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-string-variable-into-floats/130158/2 "2015-02-08T00:31:19Z")
You can use string.Split() for splitting the string values and float.Parse() for string to float conversion.
float.Parse() works even if the input string contains whitespaces. So " 1.4" will be converted without any errors.
Try this:
**Javascript**
```
var sStrings = restoreplayerpos.Split(","[0]);
var x : float = float.Parse(sStrings[0]);
var y : float = float.Parse(sStrings[1]);
var z : float = float.Parse(sStrings[2]);
var playerObject = gameObject.Find("player");
playerObject.transform.position = new Vector3(x, y, z);
```
**C#**
```
var sStrings = restoreplayerpos.Split(","[0]);
float x = float.Parse(sStrings[0]);
float y = float.Parse(sStrings[1]);
float z = float.Parse(sStrings[2]);
var playerObject = GameObject.Find("player");
playerObject.transform.position = new Vector3(x, y, z);
```
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### Author:  [@DaiMangouDev](https://discussions.unity.com/u/DaiMangouDev)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/convert-string-variable-into-floats/130158/3 "2015-02-08T00:43:08Z")
string TheString = { “-7.4”, “1.4”, “6.5” };
float VectorPosition = new float[TheString.Length];
Vector3 restoreplayerpos = new Vector3();
```
for (int i = 0; i < TheString.Length;i++ )
{
VectorPosition _= float.Parse(TheString*);*_
```
_restoreplayerpos.x = VectorPosition[0];_
_restoreplayerpos.y = VectorPosition[1];_
_restoreplayerpos.z = VectorPosition[2];_
_}_
_var playerObject = GameObject.Find(“player”);_
_playerObject.transform.position = new Vector3( restoreplayerpos.x, restoreplayerpos.y,restoreplayerpos.z);_
_why do you need it to be a string ??_
_I didn’t test it but It should work._