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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Numbers Parsing Numbers From Strings

Gabriel Olaniyi
Gabriel Olaniyi
5,346 Points
Posted by Gabriel Olaniyi
Gabriel Olaniyi
5,346 Points

code challenge

Please explain what I'm doing wrong here. Cant seem to get through from here.

A variable named "boxWidth" already exists with a value of "640px". Create a new variable named "numWidth" and use the "parseInt" method to extract the numeric value from boxWidth's string value. Bummer! Sorry! That's not correct. A correct answer will use the form: var numVariable = parseInt(stringVariable, radix); PreviewRecheck work index.html

      var boxWidth = "640px";
      var boxHeight = "480px"; 
      var numWidth = parseInt("boxWidth", 10);

2 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

youve put quotes around your variable name. Remove them and it looks like it should work

parseInt(boxWidth, 10);