string to number conversion?

[maksum]

Ok, here's my issue. How can I get a string to become a number? It seems like it should be simple, but I just can't find it. I can figure out how to manually convert a number to a string, but not a string to a number.

Here's my little sample code:

code:

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var varone = "2345";

var vartwo = "600";

//POINT X

if(varone < vartwo){

  //this will be a completely false statement

  trace(varone + " is less than " + vartwo);

}

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So what can I do at "POINT X" so that they actually become numbers and that message doesn't come up?

Thanks in advance!

Mike

[sergwiz]

code:

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var varone = "2345";

var vartwo = "600";

//POINT X

if(Number(varone) < Number(vartwo)){

        //this will be a completely false statement

        trace(varone + " is less than " + vartwo);

}else if (Number(varone) == Number(vartwo)){

	trace(varone + " is equal  " + vartwo);

	}else{trace(varone + " is bigger then  " + vartwo)

}

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[maksum]

That works!

Thanks a ton.

Mike