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[Skyld]

Originally Posted by xXziroXx

Definitely. Just because a string STARTS with numbers doesn't mean it's a number.

This is intentional since it allows extra notation to be correctly parsed:

PHP Code:

echo(float("1.0e4")); // 10000
echo(float("0xBC"));  // 188 


GScript is behaving in this case completely as expected, and this is the same as in JavaScript and a lot of other dynamically/variantly typed languages, so no, it can't be changed without breaking it's intended functionality.

If this is a problem then you should validate your input before processing.