var X = Y + Z returns X = "YZ" NOT A NUMBER!!

[kenya88]

example:
recheight = 7;
recheight = recheight + 2.75;

this returns 72.75 NOT 9.75!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

recheight was read in from a cookie----see below.

var the_cookie = document.cookie;
var the_cookie = unescape(the_cookie);
var broken_cookie = the_cookie.split(":"
var recheight = broken_cookie[1];

Thanks in advance; Doug Johnson

 

[BigBadDave]

You need to use eval(); :

var recheight = 7;
recheight = eval (recheight);
recheight += 2.75;

The resultant output would be 9.75 Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com
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[gacaccia]

sounds like you need to convert from a string to a number. for example, if recheight is assigned a string representation of a number, it can be converted using parseInteger or parseFloat...

recheight = "7";
recheight = parseFloat(recheight);
recheight = recheight + 2.75;
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recheight will now equal 9.75.

glenn

 

[trollacious]

You can also force number conversions with:

recheight = 7;
recheight = (recheight * 1) + 2.75;

 

[adam0101]

Netscape suggests converting in the following way:
recheight = (recheight-0) + 2.75