decimal string to number javascript code example

Example 1: javascript convert string to float

// parseFloat takes in a string value and converts it to a float 
// The parseFloat function will look at the first character of
// the string and decided whether that character is a number or not
// If not the parseFloat function will return Nan

let stringNumber = "8.0"

let floatNuumber = parseFloat(stringNumber);

Example 2: javascript string to a decimal

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
var a = "3.3445";
var c = parseFloat(a);
alert(c);
</script>

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