# How to represent decimal no

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**Created:** [December 4, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-represent-decimal-no/245815 "2007-12-04T15:18:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-represent-decimal-no/245815/1 "2007-12-04T15:18:42Z")

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As we all know in flash,  
Number(‘077’) = 63 coz it treats it as octal if you start your no. with one zero.  
Number(‘0011’) = 9, binary for the numbers starting with 2 zeroes.  
Number(‘0XFF’) = 255, hex for the numbers starting with 0x.

Is there any way to specifically tell flash to consider the number to be **decimal only**?