having trouble with parseFloat

[hamman314]

So im writing a script and im having trouble converting a variable into a number.

the relevant parts of the code are as follows,

    var cutHeight = sz.add('edittext',undefined,"123.825"); 

    cutHeight.characters = 8; 

    var layFlatWidth = (slitWidth.text - 4) / 2;

    var XX = sz.add('statictext',undefined, "Intials");

        XX = sz.add('edittext',undefined, "");

        XX.characters = 3;

    var repeat = cutHeight;

    var repeat2 = (repeat*25.4)

    var LF = win.add('group');

    var layflat = LF.add('statictext', undefined, "Postition of Fold from the left in mm");

    var LFdistance = LF.add('edittext',undefined,"50");

    LFdistance.characters = 8;

    var wMargin = win.add ('group');

    wMargin.alignChildren = 'left';

    var marginLeft = wMargin.add('statictext', undefined,"column gap size in mm");

    var  marginLeftSize =wMargin.add('edittext',undefined,"3.175");

    marginLeftSize.characters = 8;

    var hMargin= win.add('group');

    hMargin.alignChildren = 'right';

    var marginRight = hMargin.add('statictext',undefined,"repeat gap size in mm");

    var marginRightSize= hMargin.add('edittext',undefined,"3.175");

    marginRightSize.characters = 8;

     var marginRightSize = parseFloat(marginRightSize)+parseFloat(repeat2);

var sizeInfo = dimL.textFrames.add();

    sizeInfo.contents =       

        'Slit Width: ' + slitWidth.text + 'mm (' + parseFloat(slitWidth.text/25.4).toFixed(3) +'\") \n' +

        'Print Width: ' + (slitWidth.text - 2) + 'mm (' + parseFloat((slitWidth.text -2)/25.4).toFixed(3) +'\") \n' +

        'Cut Height: ' + (repeat*25.4).toFixed(3) + 'mm (' + parseFloat(repeat).toFixed(3) + '\") \n' +

        'Lay Flat Width: ' + (slitWidth.text-8)/2 + 'mm' + '  (' + parseFloat(((slitWidth.text-8)/2)/25.4).toFixed(3) + '\')'+ '\n' +

        'Repeat Gap: .125"' +  '\n'+

        '(' +parseFloat(repeat*25.4).toFixed(3)  +'mm -' +marginRightSize.toFixed(3)+'mm ) \n' +

        'Column Gap: .125"'  + '\n' +

        '( ' + parseFloat(slitWidth.text).toFixed(3) +'\mm - ' + parseFloat(slitWidth) + 'mm) \n';  

I keep getting NaN for marginRightSize and marginLeftSize+slitWidth.

What am I doing wrong here? how can I fix this?

[Lumenn]

var marginRightSize= hMargin.add('edittext',undefined,"3.175");
marginRightSize.characters = 8;
var marginRightSize = parseFloat(marginRightSize)+parseFloat(repeat2);

So, marginRightSize is a variable under which you store the edittext field - it isn't the content inside. To get the content inside, you'll have to use marginRightSize.text
Also you have already declared marginRightSize 2 lines above, so there is no need to use "var" again.

var marginRightSize= hMargin.add('edittext',undefined,"3.175");
marginRightSize.characters = 8;
marginRightSize = parseFloat(marginRightSize.text)+parseFloat(repeat2);

In your code i can't find any place where you try to parse marginLeftSize.

[hamman314]

    var wMargin = win2.add ('group');

    wMargin.alignChildren = 'left';

    var marginLeft = wMargin.add('statictext', undefined,"column gap size in mm");

    var  marginLeftSize =wMargin.add('edittext',undefined,"3.175");

    marginLeftSize.characters = 8;

    marginLeftSize = parseFloat(marginLeftSize);

    var hMargin= win2.add('group');

    hMargin.alignChildren = 'right';

    var marginRight = hMargin.add('statictext',undefined,"repeat gap size in mm");

    var marginRightSize= hMargin.add('edittext',undefined,"3.175");

    marginRightSize.characters = 8;

    marginRightSize = parseFloat(marginRightSize.text) +parseFloat(repeat2);

updated code. it is still throwing out NaN where the number is displayed

[hamman314]

I have added .text to leftsize as well now

[CarlosCanto · Accepted solution]

you need to convert your text fields to numbers

Number(marginRightSize.text)