JavaScript Number preserve leading 0

Question

I have a problem, I build a very simple javascript search for postal codes. I am using JS Numbers because I want to check if the passed number (search term) is less||equal o

Answer 1

Store and display the postcodes as strings, thus retaining the leading zeros. If you need to make a numerical comparison convert to number at the time. The easiest way to convert is with the unary plus operator:

var strPC = "01745",
    numPC = +strPC;

alert(numPC === +"01745"); // true

+value >= +splitZips[0] && +value <= +splitZips[1];
// etc.

Before you start comparing you might want to ensure the entered value actually is numeric - an easy way to be sure it is a four or five digit code with or without leading zeros is with a regex:

/^\d{4,5}$/.test(searchTerm)       // returns true or false