Custom script math doesn't work in a forum

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Hi,My boss is working on a forum that do math automatically, and one field will divide and multiply  the results at the end.He has no coding experience at all,  and asked me, I've some knowledge in VB but no idea in Java.So far I've tried copying some codes in custom script and I can never get any output for the field. v1=this.getfield("Text11").value;v2=this.getfield("text12").value;event.value= v1/v2;But if I write numbers like:Event.value = 200/5+20;I get results.I've no idea about this, please bare with me.We're trying to get "Text13" to get the result of dividing "Text11" by "Text12" then multiplied by 70I know the code should be : Event.value= v1/v2*70;But I'm just trying to figure why no math would work at all.Sorry for the image quality, his PC doesn't have access to the internet.I'll bring a flash drive and upload the file if need to be checked.Thank you.

Nesa Nurani · Accepted Answer

You can try this as 'Validation' script of "Text13" field:this.getField("Check box16").checkThisBox(0,Number(event.value) > 90 ? true : false);

Nesa Nurani · Answer

You are on the right track, but it's not Java it is JavaScript, and it is case-sensitive so "text12" and "Text12" are not the same, be careful to enter correct field names.

Also, before dividing check that divisor (v2) is not 0, or you will get an error.

Try something like this:

var v1 = Number(this.getField("Text11").valueAsString);
var v2 = Number(this.getField("Text12").valueAsString);

if(v2 !== 0)
event.value = v1/v2*70;
else
event.value = "";

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