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

Posted by Arthur Kakulidis
Arthur Kakulidis
2,657 Points

What am I doing wrong here? Please help.

Please tell me what I am doing wrong. Thank you

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

1 Answer

Kyle Shifflett
Kyle Shifflett
8,496 Points
Kyle Shifflett
Kyle Shifflett
8,496 Points

Just call parseInt with width as an argument. 

var totalWidth = parseInt(width) * numOfDivs;
Arthur Kakulidis
Arthur Kakulidis
2,657 Points

Oh! ok thank you very much... I get it now!