Strange Variable Behavior in JavaScript

1

I don’t understand why in the below code the variable “g” receives a value of 16. I would appreciate any explanations.

var g = 020;
undefined
console.log(g);
16
undefined
2

look at first column http://www.asciitable.com/ labled OCT scroll down to 020 … then look at value in DEC column

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Yes, I should have realized. Thank you.