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Christopher Johnson
12,829 PointsCan I use "parseInt" anywhere in Javascript? Such as ( width * numOfDivs.parseInt(); ) ?
I am familiar with the syntax of C#. I noticed in the challenge that i couldn't find a way to use "parseInt" like this
var total = width * numOfDivs.parseInt();
I assume you understand what I am "attempting" to do, but is parseInt() a property that I can call on any string at any time?
2 Answers
Greg Kaleka
39,021 PointsHi Christopher,
That's not how parseInt works in JS. Check out the MDN documentation for the function. It's not a method of a string (which is how you're using it). Rather, it's a function that takes a string as a parameter.
So if your numOfDivs variable is a string, you would call the function like this:
var total = width * parseInt(numOfDivs);
Edit
I took a look at the challenge, and it looks like numOfDivs is an integer and width is the string you need to parse. In that case, your code should look like this:
var total = parseInt(width) * numOfDivs;
Christopher Johnson
12,829 PointsAwesome. I looked at MDN, but something just must've slipped my sight. Pretty simple. Thank you for the answer.