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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Numbers and Strings

Posted by Pride Paradzai
Pride Paradzai
6,373 Points

Imagine you have 10 <div> tags on a web page. Each div is 190 pixels wide. Using the two variables in this script, creat

PLEASE HELP

app.js 
var width = '190px';
var numOfDivs = 10;
var totalWidth = parselnt(width)*numOfDivs;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

3 Answers

Tijo Thomas
Tijo Thomas
9,737 Points
Tijo Thomas
Tijo Thomas
9,737 Points

Everything is correct except you spelled the parseInt() method incorrectly. You have a "L" instead of an "I".

Pride Paradzai
Pride Paradzai
6,373 Points
Pride Paradzai
Pride Paradzai
6,373 Points

its still saying bummer

bagi
bagi
9,405 Points
bagi
bagi
9,405 Points

The correct answer is : var totalWidth = parseInt(width) * parseInt(numOfDivs); I don't know why. Found this answer there : https://teamtreehouse.com/community/javascript-basics-stage-3-working-with-numbers-code-challenge