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[-] danda@lemmy.zip 87 points 12 hours ago

It's because parseInt is expecting a string, so the decimal gets converted to a string, and 0.0000005.toString() returns 5e-7.

[-] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 35 points 12 hours ago

Common Dynamic Typing L

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 22 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

And to further expand on that, if you do pass in a ~~sting~~ string, it handles it correctly.

> parseInt('0.0000005')

0

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago

What if I pass in a Sterwart Copeland?

[-] xtools@programming.dev 2 points 4 hours ago

or a Honda civic

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 7 points 10 hours ago

😆 I'll be watching you...

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