Topic awaiting preservation: parseInt behaviour

hello,
can anyone explain to me why

parseInt("0380")

returns 3.

but

parseInt("380")

returns 380.



(i would need a function that does the second)

What you're looking for is parseInt("0380", 10);

You have to tell it to parse it into base 10 numerals.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke
"Any sufficiently arcane magic is indistinguishable from technology." -- P. David Lebling

GRUMBLE: Preceeding a numeral value by a 0 identify it as an octal numeral thus the value 3 since 8 is not a valid number for an octal variable.

However, the parsefloat() function does work in base 10.

interesting.

thanks guys.

Didn't know that but now that I do, it explains some of the problems I've had lol

/TwoD