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Vishal Gaglani
7,707 PointsMath.round and Math.floor are returning the same values. What am I doing wrong?
The return value is 38 for both alerts. I don't know why.
var temperature = 37.5;
temperature = Math.round (temperature);
alert (temperature);
temperature = Math.floor (temperature);
alert (temperature)
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2 Answers
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherVishal;
The issue you are having is that you are reassigning a value to the temperature variable when you call Math.round() on it.
var temperature = 37.5;
temperature = Math.round (temperature); // The temperature variable is now equal to the rounded value, or 38
alert (temperature); // displays 38
temperature = Math.floor (temperature); // The temperature variable is being asked to "floor" the number 38, not the original 37.5
alert (temperature); // displays 38
As Sonya Trachsel shows, you can just do the alerts, you don't need to reassign a value to temperature.
Post back if you are still stuck.
Happy coding,
Ken
Sonya Trachsel
13,674 PointsI just did it in one line and it returned them correctly. Try this:
var temperature = 37.5; alert(Math.round(temperature)); alert(Math.floor(temperature));