How do I convert a variable item to integer

Question

var leter= "trypanosomiasis";

console.log(parseInt(leter));

I tried the code above and the one below

var leter= "trypanosomiasis";
console.log(Number(leter));

None of them seemed to work

what number were you expecting to be returned from a string with no numbers? — treyBake, Jul 12 '17 at 14:33
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3145030/convert-integer-into-its-character-equivalent-in-javascript — ajax992, Jul 12 '17 at 14:34
Oh thanks for the link, it is the ascii conversion I wanted. I want to add them together — John Akinola, Jul 12 '17 at 14:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 13 '17 at 19:31

Not sure if this is what you need. Wrote a one-line function that sums all the character's ascii representation in a string. It splits the string into an array of characters and sum them up...

function sumASCII(inputString){
    return inputString.split('').reduce((sum, character)=>{ return sum + character.charCodeAt(0)}, 0);
}

console.log(sumASCII("abcd"));

How do I convert a variable item to integer

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