adding

[Stuart]

I am occasionally having problems with adding numbers together. Sometimes
(not always) 2 + 2 = 22, Obviousy this is a string issue. I am using the
following method to overcome this problem, however I feel it is a bit
contrived, and i am sure there is a proper way of doing it!

var asd = 2
var zxc=2
asd=asd-(-1*zxc)

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

"Stuart" <kf****@yytd.gft> writes:

I am occasionally having problems with adding numbers together. Sometimes
(not always) 2 + 2 = 22, Obviousy this is a string issue. I am using the
following method to overcome this problem, however I feel it is a bit
contrived, and i am sure there is a proper way of doing it!

<URL:http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_21>

/L
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[Svend Ezaki Tofte (DIKU)]

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Stuart wrote:

I am occasionally having problems with adding numbers together. Sometimes
(not always) 2 + 2 = 22, Obviousy this is a string issue. I am using the
following method to overcome this problem, however I feel it is a bit
contrived, and i am sure there is a proper way of doing it!

If I want to force conversion, and I'm lazy, I go:

baz = 0 + foo + bar;

It's the same ideas as when you want to turn stuff into a string:

baz = "" + foo + bar;

But in general, 2 + 2 should /never/ give you 22. Unless you're pulling
the numbers from, say a input box (in which case you're pulling text!)

Regards,
Svend

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

"Svend Ezaki Tofte (DIKU)" <di******@diku.dk> writes:

If I want to force conversion, and I'm lazy, I go:

baz = 0 + foo + bar;
That would be *too* lazy.

var foo="2", bar="2";
alert(0 + foo + bar);

This alerts "022". The type concversion favors strings over numbers,
so when you add a string to a number, the number is converted to a
string, not the other way around. The order doesn't matter.

Just do as the FAQ says :) The fastest method is the unary prefix
plus.
var baz = +foo + +bar;
<URL:http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_21>
It's the same ideas as when you want to turn stuff into a string:

baz = "" + foo + bar;

Which works, because the string wins, and evaluation is left to right.

/L
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JRS: In article <Pi*******************************@brok.diku.dk> , seen
in news:comp.lang.javascript, Svend Ezaki Tofte (DIKU)
<di******@diku.dk> posted at Thu, 6 Nov 2003 06:29:23 :-

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Stuart wrote:

I am occasionally having problems with adding numbers together. Sometimes
(not always) 2 + 2 = 22, Obviousy this is a string issue. I am using the
following method to overcome this problem, however I feel it is a bit
contrived, and i am sure there is a proper way of doing it!

If I want to force conversion, and I'm lazy, I go:

baz = 0 + foo + bar;

That's a nice easy method; the only fault, as far as I can see, is that
it does not work.

Tested solutions are safer.

Read the FAQ.

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