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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Numbers Parsing Numbers From Strings

Adam Duffield
Adam Duffield
30,494 Points
Posted by Adam Duffield
Adam Duffield
30,494 Points

Javascript Numbers Issue

Hey,

Little stuck with this JavaScript challenge at the moment, see code below...

<script>
  var boxWidth = "640px";
  var boxHeight = "480px";
  var numWidth = parseInt("420" , 10);



</script>

It seems the part just after parseInt is wrong, 420 is just a random number that i've made up but according to the challenge im not doing it right.

Help would be much appreciated!

1 Answer

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Here's a hint: They don't want you to make up a number there.

Create a new variable named "numWidth" and use the "parseInt" method to extract the numeric value from boxWidth's string value.