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i have simple function below. i'm passing number leading 0 argument , leading 0 getting stripped out of number. how can prevent occurring without passing in number string? possible?
function somefunction(number){ console.log(number); // 25468 <--- leading 0 removed } // pass in number leading zeros somefunction(025468);
how can prevent occurring without passing in number string? possible?
no. leading zeros of no significance in the number system / representation js uses , not stored in internal representation of number.
(or, if better, number has infinite leading zeros)