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minus-squaredanda@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up100·3 days agoIt’s because parseInt is expecting a string, so the decimal gets converted to a string, and 0.0000005.toString() returns 5e-7.
minus-squarespizzat2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up31·edit-23 days agoAnd to further expand on that, if you do pass in a sting string, it handles it correctly. > parseInt('0.0000005') 0
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-23 days agoWhat if I pass in a Stewart Copeland?
minus-squareKindaABigDyl@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up44arrow-down1·3 days agoCommon Dynamic Typing L
minus-squareAnotherPenguin@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoMore like javascript L, even python would throw a TypeError for this example.
It’s because parseInt is expecting a string, so the decimal gets converted to a string, and
0.0000005.toString()returns5e-7.And to further expand on that, if you do pass in a
stingstring, it handles it correctly.> parseInt('0.0000005') 0What if I pass in a Stewart Copeland?
or a Honda civic
😆 I’ll be watching you…
Common Dynamic Typing L
More like javascript L, even python would throw a TypeError for this example.