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darkphotn on 01/13/08


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Convert String to Number in Javascript

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Javascript sometimes confuses strings and numbers. When this happens, you get bizarre outcomes such as "2 + 2 = 22". The following code FORCES a conversion to a number.


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  1. var myval = Number(document.myform.mytext.value);
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  3. //var myval = document.myform.myval.value; myval++; myval--;

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Posted By: darkphotn on January 13, 2008

Original code modified -- the new method is based on inamorix's, and is better than the original (and also better than tps's).

tpsreport, that link is dead. Check the page.

Posted By: darkphotn on January 13, 2008

This is a quick and dirty one-line hack that works.

A more professional method would be:

function $n (n) { return (typeof(n) == 'number') ? new Number(n) : NaN; } // originally posted by inamorix

Posted By: tpsreport on January 13, 2008

Do not use this code! This is amateur-level fail. Javascript has plenty of type-casting functions available that do this properly.

Given an input value of x, you can do the following:

parseInt(x, 10) // returns x as an integer in base 10 parseInt(x, 16) // returns x as an integer in hex parseFloat(x) // returns x as a float

See the Mozilla reference docs here: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/CoreJavaScript1.5Guide:PredefinedFunctions:parseIntandparseFloat_Functions

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