In Quest, how do I send an integer from javascript to Quest and keep it an integer?

Question

Let's say I have a Javascript function that gets the date, I used ParseInt but it still sends the variable as a string even though Javascript reads it as a variable but Quest reads it as a string.
Is there a way to keep it as an integer or will anything Javascript sends to Quest be converted to a string?

Answer 1

I'm just learning JS at code academy so this is still way beyond me, and this probably won't help, but there is this in quest:

http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/functions/toint.html

player.strength_string = "50"
player.strength_integer = 50

player.strength_integer = ToInt (player.strength_string)
player.strength_string = ToString (player.strength_integer)

so if you could somehow do this:

VARIABLE = ToInt (JS_function_that_that_gives_quest_the_value_as_a_string)

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useful links:

http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/functions/ (categorical order)
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/functions/index_allfunctions.html (alphabetical order)
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/scripts/
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/types/ (Attributes)
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/elements/ (the OBJECTS of OOP:Object oriented Programming quest)

Comments

Thanks!  I was trying to use cast but that didn't work... I didn't realize there was also a ToInt function.