ch2_example7.html

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<html lang="en">

<head>
	<title>Chapter 2, Example 7</title>
</head>

<body>
	<script>
		var myString = "56.02 degrees centigrade";
		var myInt;
		var myFloat;

		document.write("\"" + myString + "\" is " + parseInt(myString, 10) + " as an integer." + "<br/>"); 
		
		myInt = parseInt(myString, 10);
		
		document.write("\"" + myString + "\" when converted to an integer is " + myInt + ".<br/>"); 

		myFloat = parseFloat(myString);

		document.write("\"" + myString + "\" when converted to a floating point number is " + myFloat + "."); 
		
	</script>
</body>
</html>