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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Numbers and Strings

scott Walker
scott Walker
2,506 Points
Posted by scott Walker
scott Walker
2,506 Points

it keeps asking me if created the var totalWidth keyword

ive tried a few variations also tried

var totalWidth var totalWidth = width * numOfDivs var totalWidth = parseInt(totalWidth)

app.js 
var width = '190px';
var numOfDivs = 10;

var totalWidth 
var totalWidth = parseInt('width' * 'numOfDivs') ;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

John Cotter
John Cotter
2,489 Points
John Cotter
John Cotter
2,489 Points

var totalWidth = parseInt (width) * numOfDivs;