parseInt() radix?

JavaScript
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let me get this straight the radix is used to tell parseInt which type of number system to use?
this is what i wrote in the function it still did not work, i’m not sure how the radix works tho

return ParseInt(str, 10);


function convertToInteger(str) {

}

convertToInteger("10011");

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Yes, the radix in the second argument of parseInt is the base, or type of number system that the string will use to parse out a number. If you use do parseInt(str, 10) on “10011”, it would become the number 10011.

I can’t be sure, but if you’re getting an error from the exact line of code you pasted in, it’s probably because you capitalized the P: parseInt is the name of the built-in function, not ParseInt.

The question is asking you to assume that the string “10011” represents a binary number, and convert it to a decimal base 10 number using parseInt. Since it represents a binary number, you would use 2 as the radix argument in parseInt.

It should return 19, since “10011” in binary represents 2^4 + 0^3 + 0^2 + 2^1 + 2^0 = 16 + 2 + 1 = 19.

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Also, please note that your

statement is outside your function body instead of within. And, don’t forget to change the “P” in ParseInt to lowercase “p”

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It’s also worth noting that if you want your number to be in base 10, then you can omit the radix value. It will use base 10 by default.

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