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Asked: May 28, 20262026-05-28T13:43:14+00:00 2026-05-28T13:43:14+00:00

I have two strings which contain only numbers: var num1 = ’20’, num2 =

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I have two strings which contain only numbers:

var num1 = '20',
    num2 = '30.5';

I would have expected that I could add them together, but they are being concatenated instead:

num1 + num2; // = '2030.5'

How can I force these strings to be treated as numbers?

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    2026-05-28T13:43:15+00:00Added an answer on May 28, 2026 at 1:43 pm

    I would use the unary plus operator to convert them to numbers first.

    +num1 + +num2;
    
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