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title: "parse"
sidebar_label: "parse"
description: "Kotlin binding reference: parse."
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//[clika-runtime](../../../../index.md)/[io.clika.runtime](../../index.md)/[Device](../index.md)/[Companion](index.md)/[parse](parse.md)

# parse

[common]\
fun [parse](parse.md)(text: [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)): [Device](../index.md)

Parse `"cpu"`, `"gpu"`, `"cuda"`, `"cuda:1"`, `"vulkan:0"`, `"metal"`, `"htp"` or `"tpu"` (case-insensitive; an absent index means the backend's default device).

#### Throws

| | |
|---|---|
| [ClikaRtException](../../ClikaRtException/index.md) | on an unknown api name, a bad index or a multi-device form. |