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Can anyone tell me why and how the expression 1+ +"2"+3 in JavaScript results in 6 and that too is a number? I don't understand how introducing a single space in between the two + operators converts the string to a number.

Krisztián Balla
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Ankur Tripathi
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    It doesn't result 5, it results 6. See [Unary +](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Arithmetic_Operators#Unary_plus) at MDN. – Teemu Sep 14 '18 at 06:29
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    How is that a `5`, i got `6`! Btw, that `+` will evaluate the string to `Number`. – choz Sep 14 '18 at 06:30

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Using +"2" casts the string value ("2") to a number, therefore the exrpession evaluates to 6 because it essentially evaluates to 1 + (+"2") + 3 which in turn evaluates to 1 + 2 + 3.

console.log(1 + +"2" + 3);
console.log(typeof "2");
console.log(typeof(+"2"));

If you do not space the two + symbols apart, they are parsed as the ++ (increment value) operator.

Angelos Chalaris
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It's simple first it convert the string +"2" to number(According to the operator precedence) and then add all these.

For Operator precedence mozilla developer link

Srikrushna
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 1+ +"2"+3 results 6
 1+"2"+3 results "123"
AS The unary + operator converts its operand to Number type.
Siddharth Jain
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+"2" is a way to cast the string "2" to the number 2. The remain is a simple addition.

The space between the two + operators is needed to avoid the confusion with the (pre/post)-increment operator ++.

Note that the cast is done before the addition because the unary operator + has a priority greater than the addition operator. See this table: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Operator_Precedence#Table

Maxime Chéramy
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