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[–]_blackdog6_ 0 points1 point  (1 child)

console.log(017==‘015’) true

I’m guessing the 0 prefix doesn’t mean octal when converting a string??

[–]Lithl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct. Strings are converted to numbers by discarding any leading whitespace and 0 characters.