Thanks.I used parseFloat() to do that and it works.
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Duncan Harris) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Indexed Tag and JavaScript Problem >Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 15:12 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (SUPRIYA MISRA) wrote: > > > Now I have another problem. > > In JavaScirpt I have; > > > > var total=0.0; > > var x; > > > > for loop > > x=document.currentForm.elements["actHour["+loop+"].faHrsDay1"].value; > > alert(x); > > total=total+x; > > alert(total); > > end loop > > > > x gets the correct values like 1,2,3 > > but total=0.0 then 0.01, then 0.012 and so on. > > > > It is doing string concatenation instead of adding them. > > >That is because x is a string and if either of the arguments of + is a >string >it will do concatenation. You need to force x to be a number using one of: > >total = total + Number(x); > >or > >total = total + (x - 0); > > >Duncan Harris >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Hartford, Cheshire, U.K., Tel: 07968 060418 >Looking for STRUTS contract work in the U.K. > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
