How can val() return Number?

Question

In the valdocs written this description:

.val() Returns: String, Number, Array

I tried to get a Number, but it seems to return string only, Is there something that I'm doing wrong?

$('#gdoron').val('1');  alert($('#gdoron').val() === '1'); // true  alert(typeof $('#gdoron').val());  // string.  $('#gdoron').val(1);  alert($('#gdoron').val() === 1);  // false alert(typeof $('#gdoron').val()); // string (not "number"!)

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <input type="text" id="gdoron" />

My question is: how can val() return number as the docs says? The question is not about how can I parse the string.

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Answer 1

A text input's value attribute will always return a string. You need to parseInt the value to get an integer:

parseInt($('#myInput').val(), 10);