Re: FAQ Topic - Why does K = parseInt('09') set K to 0? (2010-01-31)

On Jan 30, 8:42 pm, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedE...@xxxxxx>
wrote:

If you had read that more carefully, you would have observed that the exact
wording is:

| 15.1.2.2  parseInt (string , radix)
|
| [...] If radix is undefined or 0, it is assumed to be 10 except when the
| number begins with the character pairs 0x or 0X, in which case a radix of
| 16 is assumed. [...]

Regardless, at this point ES5 only asks for a side note there, if that.

My comment was specifically aimed towards octal. I over-quoted the
relevant portion paragraph by including the hexadecimal portion along
with it.
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