Use of the parseInt Function

JavaScript
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Your code so far


function convertToInteger(str) {
   var a = parseInt("str");
   return a;  
}

convertToInteger("56");

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Link to the challenge:
https://learn.freecodecamp.org/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/use-the-parseint-function

2

You are trying to parse the literal string "str" instead of the parameter passed into the function.

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You don’t need to put str in quotes.

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