How can val() return Number?

Question

In the valdocs written this description:

.val() Returns: String, Number, Array

I tried to get a Number, b

Answer 1

Hmm. For all these in the console, jQuery $($0).val() and Javascript's $0.value return the string "3":

So I think the jQuery val() documentation could be clearer. I can't see how it would ever return a number value so I'd suggest using parseInt($($0).val()) or parseFloat($($0).val()).