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James Reich
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 14,854 PointsFunction Challenge
Hi everyone! So I'm doing the function challeng in the javascript section. My code is behaving really strangely and I can't figure out why.
/**
* Returns a random number between two numbers.
*
* @param {number} lower - The lowest number value.
* @param {number} upper - The highest number value.
* @return {number} The random number value.
*/
const instertMain = document.querySelector('main');
let lowNumber = prompt('Please enter your lowest number: ');
let highNumber = prompt('Please enter your highest number: ');
function generateRandomNum(lower, upper){
return Math.floor(Math.random() * (upper - lower + 1) + lower);
};
// Call the function and pass it different values
instertMain.innerHTML = `You chose a number between ${lowNumber} and ${highNumber}, your random number is ${generateRandomNum(lowNumber, highNumber)}`;
It's throwing me random random numbers if that makes sense lol.
Example:
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
1 Answer
James Reich
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 14,854 Points/**
* Returns a random number between two numbers.
*
* @param {number} lower - The lowest number value.
* @param {number} upper - The highest number value.
* @return {number} The random number value.
*/
const instertMain = document.querySelector('main');
let lowNumber = parseInt(prompt('Please enter your lowest number: '));
let highNumber = parseInt(prompt('Please enter your highest number: '));
function generateRandomNum(lower, upper){
return Math.floor(Math.random() * (upper - lower + 1) + lower);
};
// Call the function and pass it different values
instertMain.innerHTML = `You chose a number between ${lowNumber} and ${highNumber}, your random number is ${generateRandomNum(lowNumber, highNumber)}`;
console.log(typeof lowNumber, typeof highNumber);```
Turns out the answer was to pars the strings into an integer.