Julia convert 1-element Array to Integer

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Dear all,
I am extracting a number from a dataframe’s column and I need to to math with it. The number I extract lokks like this:

julia> x = sub_qry[:Column]
1-element Array{Union{Missing, Int64},1}:
 107772

I have another variable:

julia> y
74

if I perform the calculation I need I obtain:

julia> z=len/sub_qry[:Column]
1×1 LinearAlgebra.Adjoint{Float64,Array{Float64,1}}:
 0.0006866347474297591

the types of numbers are:

julia> typeof(x)
Array{Union{Missing, Int64},1}
julia> typeof(y)
Int64
julia> typeof(z)
LinearAlgebra.Adjoint{Float64,Array{Float64,1}}

I don’t feel confident with this LinearAlgebra number so I would like to convert the numbers to normal types. Hence I tried to convert x to an integer but:

julia> parse(UInt32, x)
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching parse(::Type{UInt32}, ::Array{Union{Missing, Int64},1})
Closest candidates are:
  parse(::Type{T<:Integer}, ::AbstractChar; base) where T<:Integer at parse.jl:38
  parse(::Type{T<:Integer}, ::AbstractString; base) where T<:Integer at parse.jl:228
  parse(::Type{T<:Real}, ::AbstractString) where T<:Real at parse.jl:366
Stacktrace:
 [1] top-level scope at none:0

julia> convert(UInt32, x)
ERROR: MethodError: Cannot `convert` an object of type Array{Union{Missing, Int64},1} to an object of type UInt32
Closest candidates are:
  convert(::Type{T<:Number}, ::T<:Number) where T<:Number at number.jl:6
  convert(::Type{T<:Number}, ::Number) where T<:Number at number.jl:7
  convert(::Type{T<:Integer}, ::Ptr) where T<:Integer at pointer.jl:23
  ...
Stacktrace:
 [1] top-level scope at none:0

What is the correct procedure to convert an array to an integer of float in Julia?
Thank you

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julia> x = Union{Int,Missing}[42]
1-element Array{Union{Missing, Int64},1}:
 42

julia> typeof(ans)
Array{Union{Missing, Int64},1}

julia> x[1]
42

julia> typeof(ans)
Int64
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You can just use first to extract a single element.

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