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

Posted by Ben Mohammad
Ben Mohammad
5,659 Points

This shouldn't be float, right?

obviously its not a bug , i'm going wrong somewhere but just don't see it.

can someone help plzzzz?

app.js 
var width = '190px';
var numOfDivs = 10;
var totalWidth = pasreInt(width) * parseInt(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>

1 Answer

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

not how you spell parse. should probably be:

var totalWidth = parseInt(width) * numOfDivs;
Ben Mohammad
Ben Mohammad
5,659 Points

I must be blind.