use startsWith

Author: dangowans

index.js

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function parseNumeric(numericString, userParsingOptions) {
      */
     while (processingString !== '') {
         if (numbers.includes(processingString.charAt(0)) ||
-            (processingString.charAt(0) === '.' &&
+            (processingString.startsWith('.') &&
                 processingString.length > 1 &&
                 numbers.includes(processingString.charAt(1)))) {
             break;

index.ts

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export function parseNumeric(
   while (processingString !== '') {
     if (
       numbers.includes(processingString.charAt(0)) ||
-      (processingString.charAt(0) === '.' &&
+      (processingString.startsWith('.') &&
         processingString.length > 1 &&
         numbers.includes(processingString.charAt(1)))
     ) {