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Arink Bertrand
10,165 Pointsaddition gives a combined number
so when I do message += num1 + " + " + num2 + " = " + (num1 + num2); lets say num1 is 5 and num2 is 6, I get the total as 56. even with the parentheses in place. Everything else works, if I change the + to * or / or - it works fine.
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Elena Man
21,092 Points"+" has two uses. One is addition, the other however is string concatenation. If one or both of your variables is a string, then + will concatenate them.
You will need to use parseInt or parseFloat to turn a string into a number.
Dmitry Polyakov
4,989 PointsIt means that your numbers are not really numbers... they are strings. Strings are just concatenated.