how to force a string to convert into a number in javascript code example
Example 1: Javascript string to int
var myInt = parseInt("10.256"); //10
var myFloat = parseFloat("10.256"); //10.256
Example 2: convert a string to number in javascript
var x = parseInt("1000", 10); // you want to use radix 10
// so you get a decimal number even with a leading 0 and an old browser ([IE8, Firefox 20, Chrome 22 and older][1])