> Sorry about the OT question, but am stumped as to why this won't
> work. Trying
> to use JavaScript to add the numbers in form fields together, instead of
> adding them, it is appending them to each other. Here is my code:
>
> <script language="JavaScript">
> function AddToBasket()
> {
> OrderBooks.TotalQty.value = 0
> OrderBooks.TotalQty.value =
> eval(OrderBooks.SW.value + OrderBooks.SP.value)
> }
> </script>
>
> It is taking the value of OrderBooks.SP.value and apending it to
> OrderBooks.SW.value instead of adding them. For example,
> OrderBooks.SW.value
> = 3 and OrderBooks.SP.value = 5, I am getting 35 instead of 8.
> Have tried it
> without the eval() in there and have set each form value equal to
> a javascript variable also with no change in results.
JavaScript naturally looks at field values as strings - you have to convert
them to numbers first
OrderBooks.TotalQty.value = Number(OrderBooks.SW.value) +
Number(OrderBooks.SP.value);
Philip Arnold
Director
Certified ColdFusion Developer
ASP Multimedia Limited
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