string to integer

[jshpro2]

I have the following readout from php
&id=1&name=jshpro2&score=2&max=11&level=1&connecte d=2


2

which works perfectly from flash, loads the variables and all but as strings, score+=5 for example when score=1 returns 15 when it should be 6 etc... how do i take a string and treat it as an integer?

[electricbluemonkey]

Use the Number() function to convert the string to a number - as in score = Number(1) + 5;

[jshpro2]

does not work for some reason

[senocular]

if your string starts with 0 it will be interpreted as an octal - then you'd want to use parseInt

[jshpro2]

thanks