String into Int returns NaN?

[drolsen]

Unable to convert a string to int and return it.

var options = {
    functions: {
        parseInt: function (value) {
		return parseInt(value);
        }
    }
};

.selector {
	XXXX: parseInt("12");
}

returns NaN in my sheet?

[andyjansson]

Hello. Sorry for the late reply, I've been away over the weekend.
Have you tried passing in the value without the quotes?

[drolsen]

Yes giving a number to the function gives me a number back, but the purpose of this function will be to turn strings and floats into whole numbers for further functionality needs in my sheets. Are we locked into using a single data type for passing and returning?

[andyjansson]

A CSS declaration's value is always going to be a string. When you call parseInt("12"), that will be the equivalent of doing parseInt("\"12\"") in JavaScript. Whenever you read a value from the declaration, it will be as a string, and whenever you return a value back to the declaration, it will be stringified to be inserted back into the declaration's value string.