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String to float conversion

  • parseFloat

use parseFloat

> c = "1.2"
> a+c
'231.2'
> a+parseInt(c)
24
> a+parseFloat(c)
24.2

Number(v) is like parseFloat. Except that Number(‘4x’) returns NaN and parseInt(‘4x’) and parseFloat(‘4x’) both return 4.