ParseInt Tricky Use Case & Converting String of Numbers to Numbers

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//From Map Article: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/map 
// Consider:
['1', '2', '3'].map(parseInt);
// While one could expect [1, 2, 3]
// The actual result is [1, NaN, NaN]

// parseInt is often used with one argument, but takes two.
// The first is an expression and the second is the radix.
// To the callback function, Array.prototype.map passes 3 arguments: 
// the element, the index, the array
// The third argument is ignored by parseInt, but not the second one,
// hence the possible confusion. See the blog post for more details

function returnInt(element) {
  return parseInt(element, 10);
}

['1', '2', '3'].map(returnInt); // [1, 2, 3]
// Actual result is an array of numbers (as expected)

// Same as above, but using the concise arrow function syntax
['1', '2', '3'].map( str => parseInt(str) );

// A simpler way to achieve the above, while avoiding the "gotcha":
['1', '2', '3'].map(Number); // [1, 2, 3]
// but unlike `parseInt` will also return a float or (resolved) exponential notation:
['1.1', '2.2e2', '3e300'].map(Number); // [1.1, 220, 3e+300]

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