what's the vbscript's cint() function in javascript

[amy]

I have the following function to get the total qty:

function calttl()
{
var ttlqty
ttlqty=0
for (i = 0; i <= document.qtymain.orderdetail.length-1; i++)
{
ttlqty = ttlqty + document.qtymain.qty.item(i).value
}

}

The problem I have is the document.qtymain.qty.item(i).value I get
look like a string, so the number I get for ttlqty is not add up the
number but concatenate.

How do I convert the value I get to a number in javascript?

Thanks for any help in advance.

Amy

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

aj***@elario.com (amy) writes:

The problem I have is the document.qtymain.qty.item(i).value I get
look like a string, so the number I get for ttlqty is not add up the
number but concatenate.

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[Evertjan.]

amy wrote on 16 okt 2003 in comp.lang.javascript:

ttlqty = ttlqty + document.qtymain.qty.item(i).value

document.qtymain.qty.item[i].value

I suspect.
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[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

"Evertjan." <ex**************@interxnl.net> writes:

amy wrote on 16 okt 2003 in comp.lang.javascript:

ttlqty = ttlqty + document.qtymain.qty.item(i).value

document.qtymain.qty.item[i].value

I suspect.

Probably not. It sounds like document.qtymain.qty is a collection.
These have a method called "item" (and some also have "namedItem").

The equivalent notation would be
document.qtymain.qty[i].value

I assume qtymain is a form and qty is the name of some elements in
the form. The elements are probably checkboxes, since they have
been given the same name.

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Lasse Reichstein Nielsen wrote on 16 okt 2003 in comp.lang.javascript:

"Evertjan." <ex**************@interxnl.net> writes:

amy wrote on 16 okt 2003 in comp.lang.javascript:

> ttlqty = ttlqty + document.qtymain.qty.item(i).value

document.qtymain.qty.item[i].value
I suspect.

Probably not. It sounds like document.qtymain.qty is a collection.
These have a method called "item" (and some also have "namedItem").

The equivalent notation would be
document.qtymain.qty[i].value

I assume qtymain is a form and qty is the name of some elements in
the form. The elements are probably checkboxes, since they have
been given the same name.

Would the qty[i] form be more tolerant of a stringed number, Lasse ?

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[amy J]

yes, the qtymain is a form, qty is a collection of input box. I try to
get all the value throught the loop, and get the total. The value I get
is correct, just add up became concatenate.
document.qtymain.qty.item[i].value
doesn't help. still doing concatename.

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[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

"Evertjan." <ex**************@interxnl.net> writes:

Would the qty[i] form be more tolerant of a stringed number, Lasse ?

Probably not. I would expect square bracket notation and the "item"
function to behave the same.

The HTMLCollection interface is defined in the W3C DOM 2 HTML
specification:
<URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML/ecma-script-binding.html>
In the ECMAScript bindings it says that using
collection[1]
is equivalent to
collection.item(1)

However, in ECMAScript, collection[1] is equivalent to
collection["1"], since all property names are converted to strings
before being looked up.

Likewise, the "item" function might convert its argument to a number
before using it. It doesn't have to, though. I can see that
document.links.item("0x0")
isn't the same as
document.links.item("0")
in Opera.
/Lc
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[Evertjan.]

amy J wrote on 16 okt 2003 in comp.lang.javascript:

yes, the qtymain is a form, qty is a collection of input box. I try to
get all the value throught the loop, and get the total. The value I get
is correct, just add up became concatenate.
document.qtymain.qty.item[i].value
doesn't help. still doing concatename.

<script>

// You can prevent a concatenation by

alert(1*"11"+1*"7") //this will give 18

// or

alert(+"11"+ +"7") //this will also give 18

//while

alert("11"+"7") //this will give 117
</script>

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[amy J]

Evertjan, thanks for the correct answer.

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