How do I parse the following string?

Question

Possible Duplicates:
How to parseInt a string with leading 0
Workarounds for JavaScript parseInt octal bug

How can I parse the "09" into number?

alert(parseInt("09"));

This returns me 0 ..Why is that and how do I fix this?

see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/850341/workarounds-for-javascript-parseint-octal-bug (basic gist, give a base to the parseInt function because parsing a string with a leading 0 tells parseInt to treat the number as octal, but 9 (and 8) are invalid octal digits) the linked question also provides at least one additional solution as well as lots of groovy info. :) — shelleybutterfly, Aug 18 '11 at 05:36

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '11 at 05:27

4

Specify the base as well:

alert(parseInt("09", 10));  // outputs 9

answered Aug 18 '11 at 05:27

Sarfraz

This is because if a string contains a leading 0, it will be parsed as octal by default. – Christian Mann Aug 18 '11 at 05:52

1 Answers1