How to override a JavaScript function

Question

I\'m trying to override a built in parseFloat function in JavaScript.

How would I go about doing that?

Answer 1

You could override it or preferably extend it's implementation like this

parseFloat = (function(_super) {
    return function() {
        // Extend it to log the value for example that is passed
        console.log(arguments[0]);
        // Or override it by always subtracting 1 for example
        arguments[0] = arguments[0] - 1;
        return _super.apply(this, arguments);
    };         

})(parseFloat);

And call it as you would normally call it:

var result = parseFloat(1.345); // It should log the value 1.345 but get the value 0.345