converting string to integer

[phani]

can any one tell how to convert string to integer iam passing the integer value as a string and i wish to convert into integer.
can i do it eval if so how? can any one show the syntax of it

[glenngv]

you can convert string to number in 2 ways:

if the string to be converted is only composed of numbers, use:
Number(string)

if the string to be converted can have letters and numbers and you want to just get the number, use:
parseInt(string,10)