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  • Ryan M
    Ryan M
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    Any reason why Number() was not mentioned? Seems to function almost exactly the same as unary plus + operator

    Posted April 18, 2022 10:43pm by Ryan M
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  • Elfar Oliver
    Elfar Oliver
    3,924 Points

    I used an entirely different method and got it to work

    Posted April 12, 2022 10:29am by Elfar Oliver
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  • karan Badhwar
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    What to use, when not sure what type of value to receive

    Posted November 28, 2021 9:04pm by karan Badhwar
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  • Victor Stanciu
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    Why is "typeof +pi" number, but "typeof(+pi).toFixed(2)" is string?

    Posted September 12, 2021 10:03am by Victor Stanciu
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    Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,196 Points
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    1 Answer

  • ja5on
    ja5on
    10,339 Points

    how to parseInt and parseFloat on one number?

    Posted August 30, 2021 4:08pm by ja5on
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    10,339 Points
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    2 Answers

  • Kylie Soderblom
    Kylie Soderblom
    3,890 Points

    is there a way to use parseint with the prompt? If you are prompting for & expecting a number, change it once right away

    Posted April 1, 2021 5:26am by Kylie Soderblom
    Kylie Soderblom
    3,890 Points
    • JavaScript
    • JavaScript Numbers
    • Working with Numbers
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    1 Answer

  • ja5on
    ja5on
    10,339 Points

    JavaScript Numbers ( + or parseInt)?

    Posted June 29, 2020 7:11pm by ja5on
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    10,339 Points
    • JavaScript
    • JavaScript Numbers
    • Working with Numbers
    • Convert Strings to Numbers

    2 Answers

  • Farid Lavizadeh
    Farid Lavizadeh
    12,006 Points

    Why does Guil call parseInt() a method?

    Posted June 24, 2020 6:05pm by Farid Lavizadeh
    Farid Lavizadeh
    12,006 Points
    • JavaScript
    • JavaScript Numbers
    • Working with Numbers
    • Convert Strings to Numbers

    4 Answers

  • Agnieszka Spychała
    Agnieszka Spychała
    1,675 Points

    Turning spelled out answer into a number

    Posted June 3, 2020 10:48am by Agnieszka Spychała
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    1,675 Points
    • JavaScript
    • JavaScript Numbers
    • Working with Numbers
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    1 Answer

  • Rupert Travers
    Rupert Travers
    4,652 Points

    Commenting out multiple lines of JS using //

    Posted May 5, 2020 6:35pm by Rupert Travers
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  • Jennifer Ciaccio
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    UX Design Techdegree Student 11,137 Points

    What about Number()?

    Posted April 30, 2020 2:14am by Jennifer Ciaccio
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    UX Design Techdegree Student 11,137 Points
    • JavaScript
    • JavaScript Numbers
    • Working with Numbers
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    2 Answers

  • Paul May
    Paul May
    3,432 Points

    When to parseInt()

    Posted March 26, 2020 6:47pm by Paul May
    Paul May
    3,432 Points
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    • JavaScript Numbers
    • Working with Numbers
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    2 Answers

  • Tracy Lyon
    Tracy Lyon
    4,007 Points

    Typeof +pi gives an error that typeof is not defined at string to number

    Posted March 20, 2020 6:14pm by Tracy Lyon
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    • JavaScript Numbers
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