# Convert string to number

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-string-to-number/155553>\
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**Created:** [July 18, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-string-to-number/155553 "2005-07-18T20:34:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-string-to-number/155553/1 "2005-07-18T20:34:47Z")

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is there a way to convert a string to a number? i have a number stored in an xml document and when i try to access it, it comes across as a string, or something thats not a number (it returns 0 when i trace the attribute, not NaN, so i’m not sure exactly what it’s doing).