[Javascript] Force String to Float?

[Peter Brunone]

I know that parseInt has a default number base of 8, so you want to specify that second parameter -- e.g. parseInt(myNum, 10) -- to make sure numbers get parsed correctly...  maybe the same thing is true of parseFloat...?

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From: tedd <tedd at sperling.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:36 AM
To: "\[JavaScript List\]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Subject: Re: [Javascript] Force String to Float? 

At 7:35 AM -0500 5/15/07, Triche Osborne wrote:
>tedd wrote:
>>At 2:30 AM +0100 5/15/07, Matt Warden wrote:
>>>On 5/15/07, tedd wrote:
>>>>So, how do I force a string to a float?
>>>
>>>parseFloat(...)
>>
>>
>>I tried that, but found it problematic.
>>
>
>Problematic? How so? It's core JS. What sort of problem have you 
>encountered with it?
>
>Triche

Well... it was problematic for me in trying to convert a string into 
a float. I'm sure it was my mistake -- I'm dyslexic. Taking a string 
* 1 seems much more straightforward and easier for me to comprehend. 
But, I'll try it again.

Thanks,

tedd
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