convert-a-string-to-a-number.md

Convert a string to a number

• A few ways, but one my personal favorites is

var number = "1";

1 === +number // will be true

• Other ways are:

Number(number);
parseInt(number, 10);
parseFloat(number);

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12862624/whats-the-fastest-way-to-convert-string-to-number-in-javascript