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hakan Gülay
8,489 Pointsquestion
http://teamtreehouse.com/library/parsing-numbers-from-strings
ı really couldnt do this code. actually ı couldnt understand what he wants. can you please help me ?
ı tried these codes
var numWidth=parseInt("boxWidth",10);
var numWidth=parseInt("640px",10);
6 Answers
Martin Mekhaiel
14,297 Pointsremove the double quotes from boxWidth. dont make "boxWidth" make boxWidth.
regards :)
James Barnett
39,199 PointsTo follow up on Martin Mekhaiel's excellent answer, the reason boxWidth works and "boxWidth" doesn't is that boxWidth is a variable and "boxWidth" is a string.
It's key to understand the difference when writing JavaScript, let us know here in this thread if you are still a little vague about why the Martin Mekhaiel's code works.
Erik McClintock
45,783 PointsHakan,
Can you post the code that you tried, if any?
The code challenge is asking you to use the parseInt method to take the string values inside of the boxWidth and boxHeight variables and turn them into integers.
If you can post your code, I would be happy to help point you in the right direction!
Erik
Martin Mekhaiel
14,297 Pointsvar numWidth = parseInt(boxWidth, 10);
this should work, it gets the integer from the string "640px" => parse int will return 640
regards.
hakan Gülay
8,489 Pointsvar numWidth=parseInt("boxWidth",10);
and var numWidth=parseInt("640px",10); ı tried these codes
hakan Gülay
8,489 Pointsthank you a lot :)