How to convert a string to number

You can convert a string to number using unary operator '+' or parseInt(number,10) or Number()

check these snippets

var num1a = "1";
console.log(+num1a);

var num1b = "2";
num1b=+num1b;
console.log(num1b);


var num3 = "3"
console.log(parseInt(num3,10));


var num4 = "4";
console.log(Number(num4));

Hope it helps

No questions are dumb.

a quick answer:

to convert a string to a number you can use the unary plus.

var num = "82144251";

num = +num;

Doing num = +num is practically the same as doing num = num * 1; it converts the value in a to a number if needed, but after that it doesn't change the value.

It looks like you're looking for the Number() functionality here:

var num = "82144251"; // "82144251"
var numAsNumber = Number(num); // prints 82144251
typeof num // string
typeof numAsNumber // number

You can read more about Number() here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number

Hope this helps!