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Nazmul Haque Sajol
13,594 PointsInteger & Floating Conflict
What if, I'm not sure about the visitor input type in a form, where i have 2 variables to add together and return to our visitor . One input would be a integer and otherone floating. How should i handle this situation ?
2 Answers
Riley Hilliard
Courses Plus Student 17,771 PointsI am not entirely sure the question, however I think you are asking if you can add a number and a floating number? The answer to that is yes:
var x = 1;
var y = 1.001;
console.log(x + y); // returns 2.001
You also might be asking about what if the input comes into the JavaScript as a string. You can parse a string into a number like so:
var x = "1";
var y = "1.001";
console.log(x + y); // returns "11.001"
console.log(parseInt(x, 10) + parseFloat(y, 10)); // returns 2.001
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 PointsOr just use parseFloat to parse the input if you're not sure if it will be an integer or float, since it can handle integers no problem.