Thanks anyway for the reply, though I wasnt really asking what the difference is between Number and parseFloat I was asking more specifically about the difference between Number and parseFloats string parsing capabilities.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Abdul Qabiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Is there anything that Number() parses that parseFloat doesnt? > > > > There are differences:- > > 1) Number is type where as parseFloat () is a global-function > 2) Number (x) tries to cast x to Number where as parseFloat (x) reads, or * > parses*, and returns the numbers in a string until it reaches a character. > > We use Number for typing, casting generally. > > Does that make sense? > > > On 10/31/07, reflexactions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Just looking at parsing strings into a Number i.e. > > parseFloat(string) or Number(string) > > > > It seems to me that parseFloat does everything Number does plus a > > little bit more (it will accept trailing non-numeric characters). > > > > Is there anything that Number() parses that parseFloat doesnt? > > > > tks > > > > > > > > > > -- > -abdul > --------------------------------------- > http://abdulqabiz.com/blog/ > --------------------------------------- >
