tricky question on parseint

Author: rohan-paul

Javascript/Tricky-JS-Problems/Collection-of-Tricky-JS-Questlions.md

@@ -311,3 +311,13 @@ Therefore it behaves as if you called `parseInt("I", 19)`, which converts to dec
 
 [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Infinity
 [2]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/parseInt
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+### Explanation-2
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+Here's the sequence of events:
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+- `1/0` evaluates to `Infinity`
+- `parseInt` reads `Infinity` and happily notes that `I` is 18 in base 19
+- `parseInt` ignores the remainder of the string, since it can't be converted.
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+Note that you'd get a result for any base `>= 19`, but not for bases below that. For bases `>= 24`, you'll get a larger result, as `n` becomes a valid digit at that point.