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    toNumber

    Converts a value to a number.

    Thin wrapper over Number(value) — kept as a stable surface so callers don't depend directly on the global constructor's semantics (which have shifted in the past, e.g. Number(BigInt), and may again).

    toNumber('42') // 42
toNumber(null) // 0

    Usage

    toNumber(value: unknown)

    Converts a value to a number.

    Thin wrapper over Number(value) — kept as a stable surface so callers don't depend directly on the global constructor's semantics (which have shifted in the past, e.g. Number(BigInt), and may again).

    import { toNumber } from 'massaman'
// or:  import { toNumber } from 'massaman/conversion'

toNumber('42') // 42
toNumber(null) // 0

    Parameters

    valueunknownrequired

    the value to convert.

    Returns

    the input value converted using JavaScript number coercion.

    number