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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Multiple Items with Arrays Build a Quiz Challenge, Part 1 Solution

Posted by Tamas Gonda
Tamas Gonda
7,332 Points

parseInt and toUpperCase together?

Hey guys. I was just wondering if I want numbers and strings as answers, how should I do it? It's seems like parseInt and toUpperCase are "kicking" each other out. I've tried a several ways, but none seems to work.

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Do you mean that some answers will be numbers and other answers will be strings?

1 Answer

phillip parker
phillip parker
10,673 Points

Hi, you can only use parseInt on a string that contains only numbers because you are saying to convert this string to an integer. It will not work on a string of something like "abc123". You would need to have a separate variable for your string of numbers if you want to convert it to an integer. From there you could concatenate your variable of uppercased letter string to your variable of integers. Hopefully that helps to point you in the right direction.

Tamas Gonda
Tamas Gonda
7,332 Points

Hey! Thanks for your answer! The problem I had fixed itself somehow. I had 3 questions. 2 with string answers, 1 with a number. I was just wondering if parseInt(response.toUpperCase()) can be a thing or not. You know, just to make sure we accept numbers and lowercase, uppercase versions too!