How do I work around JavaScript’s parseInt octal behavior?
Try executing the following in JavaScript: parseInt(’01’); //equals 1 parseInt(’02’); //equals 2 parseInt(’03’); //equals 3 parseInt(’04’); //equals 4 parseInt(’05’); //equals 5 parseInt(’06’); //equals 6 parseInt(’07’); //equals 7 parseInt(’08’); //equals 0 !! parseInt(’09’); //equals 0 !! I just learned the hard way that JavaScript thinks the leading zero indicates an octal integer, and since there is … Read more
