FAQ Topic - Why does 1+1 equal 11? or How do I convert a string to a number?

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FAQ Topic - Why does 1+1 equal 11? or How do I convert a string to a number?
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Javascript variables are loosely typed: the conversion between a
string and a number happens automatically. Since plus (+) is also
used as in string concatenation, « '1' + 1 » is equal to « '11' »: the
String deciding what + does. To overcome this, first convert the
string to a number. For example:
« Number(varname) » or « varname*1 » or « varname-0 » or
« parseInt(varname, 10) » or « parseFloat(varname) » or « +varname ».
Prompt and form control values are strings, as is the result from
a prompt window. Convert these to numbers before performing
addition.

Additional Notes:

http://www.jibbering.com/faq/faq_notes/type_convert.html

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/js56jscondeclare.asp


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[Evertjan.]

FAQ server wrote on 31 okt 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:

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FAQ Topic - Why does 1+1 equal 11? or How do I convert a string to a
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/js56jscondeclare.
asp

Page not found!

 

[Dr J R Stockton]

FAQ server wrote on 31 okt 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:

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FAQ Topic - Why does 1+1 equal 11? or How do I convert a string to a
number?
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/js56jscondeclare.
asp

Page not found!

If <a href="http://malch.elsop.com/quick.cgi">LinkScan</a> is put in
the FAQ, any reader will readily be able to check all of the external
links in it thereby, for existence if not for relevance.

 

[Randy Webb]

Dr J R Stockton said the following on 10/31/2006 3:40 PM:

If <a href="http://malch.elsop.com/quick.cgi">LinkScan</a> is put in
the FAQ, any reader will readily be able to check all of the external
links in it thereby, for existence if not for relevance.

When feeding the FAQ URL to that site, the only error it comes up with
(aside from newsgroups references) is to the javascript.faqts.com site.
It times out (even me trying to open it).

Possible Error: 903 Connect Timeout http://javascript.faqts.com/
http://javascript.faqts.com/

The actual URL of the page is now:

<URL:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...html/12a450e5-4818-4a09-9878-cd7c6cd2a248.asp>

Although I did not get a "Page Not Found" from the original URL.