Jquery parseInt - String to Integer

Converting a string to integer to perform arithmetical operations

var myString = '1234';

var myInteger;

myInteger = parseInt(myString);

To convert a string to decimal:

var myString = '1234.098';


var myInteger = parseInt(myString); // result = 1234
var myNumber = parseFloat(myString); // result = 1234.098

To reduce the number of decimals:

var myNumber = 1234.098;

myNumber = myNumber.toFixed(2); // result = 1234.09