Summing the values of multiple checkboxes with same name. (with code)

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I have 4 checkboxes. I want to sum their values together
All I can get is the values listing out, not adding up!

If they check 1 and 3, I'm getting a IntCat value of 13, not 4!!!! I will be more than happy to explain more, but I think this one is easy.

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Type=CheckBox Name=Category value="1" Checked>Process
Type=CheckBox Name=Category value="2" Checked>Equipment Type=CheckBox Name=Category value="4" >&nbsp New Model
Type=CheckBox Name=Category value="8" >&nbsp Other

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For J=1 to Request.QueryString("category&quot.Count
IntCat = IntCat + Request.QueryString("category&quot(J)
Next

i want my intcat to sum the values. It gives me a 13, not 4. I thought this was how to add them up! Thanks!!!

 

[UNIMENT]

In JavaScript, there are a few properties of the

window

that return numbers based on a String input.

parseInt("5.3");    // returns an integer: 5
parseFloat("5.3");  // returns a float: 5.3
Number("5.3");      // returns a float: 5.3

The

parseInt()

and

parseFloat()

functions do more parsing through the string than the

Number()

function. If you pass a variable that is not a number, the

Number()

function returns

NaN

, while the other two functions will be more persistant in finding a number.