converting Arabic numbers from String format to Number format

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From: Ola_Khrapatin
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:57

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Hi,

I have the following code:

var item = myFoundItems[i].contents; //this is some text in Arabic, followed by an Arabic number. But the type is String. eg. "Page 15"
var pageNumber = item.slice(7); //the page number itself
convPageNumber = Number(pageNumber); //change the string into a number

Now, after the last line, the value of convPageNumber is NaN. I think the problem is that the Arabic number is somehow not recognized...

What can I do?

Thanks,
Ola

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