# (urgent) Converting a list of decimals to float in CSV
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/urgent-converting-a-list-of-decimals-to-float-in-csv/268772
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [March 30, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/urgent-converting-a-list-of-decimals-to-float-in-csv/268772 "2021-03-30T10:57:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@shafeeka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shafeeka)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/urgent-converting-a-list-of-decimals-to-float-in-csv/268772/1 "2021-03-30T10:57:56Z")
```auto
mutate {
convert => {
"Question_Vector" => "float_eu"
}
```
I am trying to push a CSV file to elasticsearch using logstash. One of the column contains a list of vectors and I am trying to convert it to float. I have tried float and float\_eu but both does not work. Either returns 0.0 or just the first decimal in the list.
example of record in csv: -0.04749248921871185, -0.048509035259485245, -0.024459611624479294,.... (512 dim)
please help
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### Author:  [@Shaoranlaos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaoranlaos)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/urgent-converting-a-list-of-decimals-to-float-in-csv/268772/2 "2021-03-30T11:57:11Z")
Try to use a split before this so that it the single string will be converted to an array of values.
You should use a separate mutate filter because i'm not sure if split will be done before convert.
```auto
mutate {
split => { "fieldname" => "," }
}
```
> **[Mutate filter plugin | Logstash Reference \[6.2\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/6.2/plugins-filters-mutate.html#plugins-filters-mutate-split)**
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### Author:  [@carolynperry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carolynperry)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/urgent-converting-a-list-of-decimals-to-float-in-csv/268772/3 "2021-03-30T12:17:30Z")
this is really good, i will try to use it
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### Author:  [@shafeeka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shafeeka)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/urgent-converting-a-list-of-decimals-to-float-in-csv/268772/4 "2021-03-31T00:37:46Z")
Thank you! This helped.
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### Author:  [@carolynperry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carolynperry)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/urgent-converting-a-list-of-decimals-to-float-in-csv/268772/5 "2021-04-24T09:14:11Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/urgent-converting-a-list-of-decimals-to-float-in-csv/268772/6 "2021-05-22T09:14:49Z")
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