Currency code help

[Rash33d]

Hi there! could som1 please help me out? i need toknow if there's
something wrong with this javascript code. The code is meant to give
the american dollar and european equivalent of a price. i.e when i type
a price in pounds, it gives me the price in dollars and euros. Thanks
in advance
function fix(thenumber,n oplaces){ // returns the number to n decimal
places
var oldnumber=thenu mber;
thenumber=thenu mber+"0000";
var decpos=thenumbe r.indexOf(".");
if (decpos==-1) return oldnumber+".00" ;
decpos=decpos+n oplaces+1;
var endstring=thenu mber.substring( 0,decpos);
return endstring;
}

function convert_currenc y(){
//var
dollarval=docum ent.converter.o riginal.value/ConversionFacto r(document.conv erter.sourcecur rency.value);
//document.conver ter.converted.v alue=fix(dollar val*ConversionF actor(document. converter.targe tcurrency.value ),2);

var dollarval= document.form.g bp.value;
document.form.u sd.value=fix(do llarval*1.85,2) ;
document.form.e ur.value=fix(do llarval*1.46,2) ;

}
function convert_currenc y_spec(){
//var
dollarval=docum ent.converter.o riginal.value/ConversionFacto r(document.conv erter.sourcecur rency.value);
//document.conver ter.converted.v alue=fix(dollar val*ConversionF actor(document. converter.targe tcurrency.value ),2);

var dollarval= document.form.s pecial_offer_or iginal_gbp.valu e;
document.form.s pecial_offer_or iginal_usd.valu e=fix(dollarval *1.85,2);
document.form.s pecial_offer_or iginal_eur.valu e=fix(dollarval *1.46,2);

}

[Vincent van Beveren]

Ra*****@gmail.c om wrote:

Hi there! could som1 please help me out? i need toknow if there's
something wrong with this javascript code. The code is meant to give
the american dollar and european equivalent of a price. i.e when i type
a price in pounds, it gives me the price in dollars and euros. Thanks
in advance

You might need to hint JavaScript a bit about the type of your
variables. The value of an input field is usually a String. Use
parseFloat(var) to explicitly convert a string to a floating point
value. Though JavaScript is weakly typed, it does need some help sometimes.

Good luck,
Vincent

[Dr John Stockton]

JRS: In article <11************ **********@75g2 000cwc.googlegr oups.com>,
dated Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:36:29 remote, seen in
news:comp.lang. javascript, Ra*****@gmail.c om posted :

>
function fix(thenumber,n oplaces){ // returns the number to n decimal
places
var oldnumber=thenu mber;
thenumber=then umber+"0000";
var decpos=thenumbe r.indexOf(".");
if (decpos==-1) return oldnumber+".00" ;
decpos=decpos+ noplaces+1;
var endstring=thenu mber.substring( 0,decpos);
return endstring;
}

fix(1, 3) fails.

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