Using string as a number



examples/dart-intro/using_string_as_number.dart
void main() {
    var a = 23;
    var b = 19;
    print(a + b);  // 42

    var c = "23";
    var d = "19";
    print(c + d);  // 2319

    print(a + d);
}

42
2319
Unhandled exception:
Class 'String' has no instance method '_addFromInteger@0x36924d72'.

NoSuchMethodError : method not found: '_addFromInteger@0x36924d72'
Receiver: "19"
Arguments: [23]
#0   Object.noSuchMethod (dart:core-patch/object_patch.dart:42)
#1   int.+ (dart:core-patch/integers.dart:16)
#2   main (file:///.../examples/intro/using_string_as_number.dart:10:13)
#3   _startIsolate.isolateStartHandler (dart:isolate-patch/isolate_patch.dart:190)
#4   _RawReceivePortImpl._handleMessage (dart:isolate-patch/isolate_patch.dart:93)

If both variables contain numbers, + will added them together as numbers. If they are both strings, + will concatenate them. If we try to add (+) two variables that hold different types, we will get a run-time exception.