What is the role of parseFloat() method in JavaScript?

Use the parseFloat() method in JavaScript to return a floating point number after parsing a string.

Example

You can try to run the following code to learn how to work with parseFloat() method in JavaScript.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <body>
      <script>
         var val1 = parseFloat("2");
         var val2 = parseFloat("30 minutes");

         document.write(val1);
         document.write("<br>"+val2);
      </script>
   </body>
</html>

Priya Pallavi

Updated on: 23-May-2020

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