global.parseInt

Number parseInt (String text, Number base)

Parameters

text	The string from which to extract an integer.
base	The base of the string to parse (from base 2 to base 36).

Description

Extracts an integer from a string.

Parses a string to find the first set of characters, in a specified base, that can be converted to an integer, and returns that integer, or NaN if it does not encounter characters that it can convert to a number.