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Elisa Burghard
9,276 PointsCombining two methods - Build A Quiz Challenge, Part I
I was using questions that needed strings as answers. So I used the .toUpperCase() method.
var answer = prompt (questions[i][0]);
answer = answer.toUpperCase();
Dave had numbers as answers and therefore used parseInt(). Is there a way to use both these methods(at once) in case you have both strings and numbers as answers to different questions?
3 Answers
rydavim
18,814 PointsIf I'm understanding your question correctly then the short answer is no, you can't use them both at once.
parseInt() will return the first integer encountered in a string, ignoring the rest of the string. If it encounters a character that is not a number, it will return NAN.
If you wanted to combine them, there are a couple ways you could do it. You could try parseInt and then test if it returned NAN and, if so, follow up with toUpperCase. You could search the string for numbers and pull them out into their own variables and parse everything separately. There are probably even better ways out there to handle this problem.
Hopefully that helps clarify things, but let me know if you still have questions. Happy coding!
Elisa Burghard
9,276 PointsThank you so much, I am excited to get to know JavaScript better! I tried various times to link you, how did you do that? neither https://teamtreehouse.com/@[rydavim](https://teamtreehouse.com/rydavim)/ nor @rydavim worked...
rydavim
18,814 PointsHmm, sorry I’m not sure. Usually doing @ and then immediately starting to type a name will pop-up a list of people to link to. Selecting from that list should automatically link to that user. Your mention did still send a notification to me, separate from the reply notification, so maybe it’s just a display issue?
Anyway, keep it up - JavaScript is a ton of fun!
Elisa Burghard
9,276 Pointsrydavim there you are! Maybe it was a temporary problem in my browser. Thanks again, and yes, it´s so much fun!
Elisa Burghard
9,276 PointsElisa Burghard
9,276 PointsThank you! I don't know if I remember correctly, but I think in Python it is possible to combine multiple methods. Is that ever possible in JavaScript, just not in this case?
rydavim
18,814 Pointsrydavim
18,814 PointsElisa Burghard - yes, stringing multiple methods together is actually incredibly common in JavaScript. It's called method chaining, and you'll do it all the time. It's just that these particular two methods aren't really compatible out of the box due to
typedifferences.This particular article is using jQuery, so the syntax will look a bit different than with vanilla JS, but I think he does a good job of explaining the principles and such: Understanding Method Chaining in Javascript