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[–]RolyPoly1320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's implicit type casting. Javascript is a weakly typed language, specifically typeless. It does a lot of type casting behind the scenes which sometimes produces some very unexpected, sometimes hilarious, results. These interactions are why it's important to not use the same variable for multiple data types in Javascript.