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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Numbers Parsing Numbers From Strings

Posted by Jeannie Stevenson
Jeannie Stevenson
11,171 Points

parseInt not doing what Jim's did

My code never resulted in 10 or 1 the way it did for Jim.

var j = parseInt("012"); console result of j = 12

var j = parseInt("019"); console result of j = 19

1 Answer

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

Please look below the video at teacher's notes:

"Please note that newer browsers will return 12 for parseInt("012") and not 10. This is because the default second parameter is now 10 for decimal instead of 8 for octal."