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

Posted by Gil Yarbrough
Gil Yarbrough
602 Points

Total Width issues

var width = '190px'; var numOfDivs = 10; var totalWidth = width * numOfDivs; parseInt('190px');

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

2 Answers

iuliana sagaidak
iuliana sagaidak
4,797 Points
iuliana sagaidak
iuliana sagaidak
4,797 Points

You need to add parseInt just before a (width). And take off the last line you ad.

Gil Yarbrough
Gil Yarbrough
602 Points

That didn't work. Any other suggestions? I wish Tree House would just simply give you the answer after so many failed attempts, so that you can, learn from your errors, move on and continue progress.

Gil Yarbrough
Gil Yarbrough
602 Points
Gil Yarbrough
Gil Yarbrough
602 Points

I've finally figured it out. There is actually a problem or error with how the code or assignment is written. Once I deleted the string from the width '190px' and converted it to a simple number (190 instead of '190px'), the solution ran just fine. However it is not the way it's suppose to run. The parseIt method is suppose the parse the string and convert it to a number.