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There is a line of code in angular2. 

this.id = +this.route.snapshot.params['id'];

What is the "+" means before "this.route.snapshot.params['id']"?

I also see "+" added before a folder name such as "+detail" in angular2-webpack-starter.

Do they have the same meaning?

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    + is used for a quick changing type of number-ish strings into number, e.g. +"5" will return 5. Commented Mar 7, 2017 at 21:14

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Using + in Javascript is a quick way to cast a string to a number as long as the string is already in the form of an integer or float.

+'5000' // yields 5000
+'2.5'  // yields 2.5

If the string contains any character that is not an integer (or decimal in the case of a float), this method will return NaN.

+'5n'  // yields NaN
+'abcd'  // yields NaN
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Not necessarily integers. You could have something like +"2.5".
Thanks for catching my mistake! I update the answer to be more accurate.
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In short if you put + operator in front of string which contains Number then always get number other than that you will get NaN.

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