Application Puzzle

[czardas]

I have been scratching my head for a while trying to think of an application for the following behaviour:

ConsoleWrite(Number('10 green bottles') & @LF) ; prints 10

I feel like I'm missing out on some secret information. I know it's been discussed previously, but in what context does this apply? - Got any ideas?

[Melba23]

czardas,

I remembered something about this a while ago, but the thread took some finding - enjoy.

M23

[guinness]

Same as in JS. Run inside your browser's console.

console.log(Number.parseInt ? Number.parseInt('10 orange') : window.parseInt('10 oranges'));

 

[czardas]

Thanks Melba, I have just reread the thread. I couldn't remember its whereabouts. It's an interesting read. I think @jpm gave the most meaningful solution at the time: conversion to a double which fails all meaningful comparisons.

; and if 1 green bottle should accidentally fall
ConsoleWrite(Number('-1.#IND', 3) & @LF) ; this is fun :)