.. efun::  mixed * to_array(string)
  mixed * to_array(symbol)
  mixed * to_array(quotedarray)
  mixed * to_array(mixed *)
  mixed * to_array(struct)
  (int*)<value>

  Strings and symbols are converted to an int array that consists of the args characters.

  .. note:: the string "12" will be converted to the array ``({ 33, 34 })``, and not ``({ 33, 34, 0 })`` (the LDMud versions prior to 3.3 returned the latter array).

  .. todo:: should the casting form be documented here or elsewhere?

  Quoted arrays are "dequoted", and arrays are left as they are.

  Structs are converted into a normal array.

  .. limit:: The cast notation only works if the precise type of <value> is known at compile-time. This will not be fixed--use the function form instead.

  :history 3.3.250 changed: added structs to the accepted data types.

  .. seealso:: :efun:`to_int`, :efun:`to_string`, :efun:`to_struct`