Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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javascript: string to int

don't try this at home

var myString = '1337'
, myInt = ~~myString;

console.log(myString, '->', myInt);

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That´s an explicit type conversion to int by the interpreter cause the double NOT bitwise operator. Bitwise operators can be used only on number values. The parseInt() function is the right choice.

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