How to convert binary string to decimal?

Question

The parseInt function converts strings to numbers, and it takes a second argument specifying the base in which the string representation is:

var digit = parseInt(binary, 2);

See it in action.

ES6 supports binary numeric literals for integers, so if the binary string is immutable, as in the example code in the question, one could just type it in as it is with the prefix 0b or 0B:

var binary = 0b1101000; // code for 104
console.log(binary); // prints 104

Use the radix parameter of parseInt:

var binary = "1101000";
var digit = parseInt(binary, 2);
console.log(digit);

parseInt() with radix is a best solution (as was told by many):

But if you want to implement it without parseInt, here is an implementation:

  function bin2dec(num){
    return num.split('').reverse().reduce(function(x, y, i){
      return (y === '1') ? x + Math.pow(2, i) : x;
    }, 0);
  }

var num = 10;

alert("Binary " + num.toString(2));   // 1010
alert("Octal " + num.toString(8));    // 12
alert("Hex " + num.toString(16));     // a

alert("Binary to Decimal " + parseInt("1010", 2));  // 10
alert("Octal to Decimal " + parseInt("12", 8));     // 10
alert("Hex to Decimal " + parseInt("a", 16));       // 10