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JavaScript

Posted by Jenna Malone
Jenna Malone
7,173 Points

Should there be quotes around the numbers?

Ok so the first object he made he didn't put ' ' single quotes around the numbers but for the rest of the objects he did. Anyone know which way is correct?

Example

{name: "Jenna", Track: "Front End Development", Achievements: 100, Points: 1000},
{name: "David", Track: "Computer Science", Achievements: '5', Points: '2'},```

2 Answers

andren
andren
28,558 Points

When you put quotes around something it makes it a string. Strings are used to represent text, and while you can type numbers into a string it will still be considered a form of text.

So when you want to reference something that is not text, be it a number or anything else you should not use quotes.

Ivan Bagaric
PLUS
Ivan Bagaric
Courses Plus Student 12,356 Points
Ivan Bagaric
Ivan Bagaric
Courses Plus Student 12,356 Points

the first one is correct, but if you have number between quotes you can use parseInt later on when you using it