Mega Code Archive
ParseFloat() method
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The parseFloat() method starts in position 0.
It continues until the first invalid character and then converts the string it has seen up to that point.
The decimal point is a valid character the first time it appears.
The string "22.34.5" will be parsed into 22.34.
The string must represent a floating-point number in decimal form, not octal or hexadecimal.
This method ignores leading zeros.
The hexadecimal number 0xA will return NaN because x isn't a valid character for a floating-point number.
There is also no radix mode for parseFloat().
var fNum1 = parseFloat("1234AAA");
var fNum2 = parseFloat("0xA");
var fNum3 = parseFloat("2.5");
var fNum4 = parseFloat("2.34.5");
var fNum5 = parseFloat("0908");
var fNum6 = parseFloat("blue");
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