@Pradeep: I never really tried typecasting or the native functions because I didnt know about them. I actually started hardcode Javascript coding with the Prototype/Scriptaculous frameworks so I am used to using Prototype functions everywhere when there is a choice.
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 1:52 AM, pradeep <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Ananth, > > you can also use.. > > Math.abs(string); --------> to get the number > > which is one of the prototypes method. > > > However, the beauty of the javascript is that ....it automatically > typecaste's the varible declared to number or string.. > depending on the usage .. > > could you tell me , where it went wrong (i mean typcasting) ?? > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 25, 10:37 am, Ananth Raghuraman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for pointing me to the native functions! > > In the meantime I also found 1.8 has the Number object/function. > > I just did Number(mynumberstring) to convert mynumberstring to a number. > > I guess Number also accepts an object or another Number as argument.. > > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:02 AM, RobG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Apr 25, 2:06 am, Ananth Raghuraman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Need prototype function to convert object/string/number to number. > Please > > > > help. > > > > > Without a more concise specification for what the object/string/number > > > might be, you will end up with a large function that works for a few > > > scenarios invented by the author and fails for anything else. > > > > > It doesn't make sense to have a function to convert a number to a > > > number. > > > > > -- > > > Rob > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
