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global.parseInt
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   :ref:`number` **parseInt** (:ref:`string` **text**, :ref:`number` **base**)


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