Does parseDouble exist in JavaScript?

It’s not possible to natively deal with a 21-digit precision number in JavaScript. JavaScript only has one kind of number: “number”, which is a IEEE-754 Double Precision (“double”) value. As such, parseFloat in JavaScript is the equivalent of a “parse double” in other languages. However, a number/”double” only provides 16 significant digits (decimal) of precision and so reading in a number with 21-digits will lose the 5 … Read more

What is “assert” in JavaScript?

There is no standard assert in JavaScript itself. Perhaps you’re using some library that provides one; for instance, if you’re using Node.js, perhaps you’re using the assertion module. (Browsers and other environments that offer a console implementing the Console API provide console.assert.) The usual meaning of an assert function is to throw an error if the expression passed into the function is false; … Read more