How can I change an HTML input value's data type to integer?

Question

I\'m using jQuery to retrieve a value submitted by an input button. The value is supposed to be an integer. I want to increment it by one and display it.

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Answer 1

Use parseInt as in: var count = parseInt($("#"+countUp).val(), 10) + 1; or the + operator as in var count = +$("#"+countUp).val() + 1;