The decimal equivalent of octal 11, in the same way that
trace(Number("0x33")) returns 51. So Karthik's statement should just be
revised to say that Number is suitable and correct if the aim is to
convert/cast a string representation of a decimal number into that
decimal number.
Helen
Ron Wheeler wrote:
What does Number("011") return?
Ron
Karthik wrote:
At least when working with XML, I have found Number() to be fairly
inconsistent in converting strings to numbers. parseInt() seems to
work everytime.
How exactly? An example would be good.
I find Number a lot more suitable and correct i.e. the aim is to
_convert_/_cast_ a string into a number. I don't want to _parse_ the
number out of a string.
e.g.
Number("1a") will return NaN.
parseInt("1a") will return 1.
Number("1 ") will return NaN.
parseInt("1 ") will return 1.
So.. Number():
a) doesn't mangle the data
b) depends on valid input - no whitespace etc.
c) is faster
-K
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