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

Posted by STEVEN PENA
STEVEN PENA
13,928 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

need some help

app.js 
var width = '190px';
var numOfDivs = 10;
var totalWidth= 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>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

:point_right: You can't multiply a number by a string.

That's why the challenge hinted: "Because the width variable is a string, you'll need to use a JavaScript function to retrieve the number value."

The function they are talking about is parseInt().

Matas Kinderis
Matas Kinderis
4,956 Points
Matas Kinderis
Matas Kinderis
4,956 Points

Since numOfDivs is an Number, and width is a String, you need to convert width to a Number as well :

parseInt(width) // this will return the converted string(which will now be a number)