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Converting Strings

Converting between Numbers and Strings

	<script type="text/javascript">
		var userEnteredNumber = prompt('Please enter a number: ', '');
		document.write("Type of input: " + typeof(userEnteredNumber));
		document.write("<br />");
		document.write("Parsed to Float: " + parseFloat(userEnteredNumber));
		document.write("<br />");
		document.write("Parsed to Int: " +parseInt(userEnteredNumber));
		document.write("<br />");
		userEnteredNumber = Number(userEnteredNumber);
		document.write("After Conversion to Number, variable is now: " +
		userEnteredNumber + "<br />Type of variable now: " +
		typeof(userEnteredNumber));	
	</script>