Math HELP! 015 = 13? Number conversion problem

[Macro-Muse]

Why does this happen?

trace(Number(015));
// traces out 13 NOT! 15

It is blowing my mind. The reason i care is that I have a NumericStepper component that the users can use to jump to a different question number in a quiz. When they type in 015 it goes to question 13 ... Same deal for text fields, Lables, etc. It is a number conversion issue.

I am sure the the preceeding 0 is a switch of some kind for changing to a dirrerent number system like HEX or something, but I have no idea what is really happening or how to fix it. What i want is an INTEGER that strips off any preceeding Zeros and any Decimals.

What Math operation will do these type of conversions? (tried Number, Math.floor, int(), etc with no luck)

015 -> 15
"017" -> 17
0015 -> 15
2.5 -> 2
"17" -> 17


thanks for any insight you can provide

--mm

[MyFriendIsATaco]

trace(parseInt("015", 10)); //traces 15

[Macro-Muse]

Thanks!!!