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Doubt about the sum of values

Engaged ,
Jul 07, 2022 Jul 07, 2022

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Hello everyone, could someone explain to me why the two digits after the dot are not included in the result of the sum of all values?
How to fix this failure? Thanks.

a = 69.30
b = 217.60
c = 56.00
d = 28.00

tt = parseInt(a)+parseInt(b)+parseInt(c)+parseInt(d); 

alert (tt.toFixed(2))
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Community Expert , Jul 07, 2022 Jul 07, 2022

@smithcgl9043167 â€“ Does the following link help? The integer is obtained by simply truncating the input. 

 

http://www.javascripter.net/faq/convert2.htm

 

// Examples (comments in each line give the conversion results):

parseInt('123.45')  // 123

 

Your variables are already numbers, not strings, so no need to parseInt():

 

var a = 123;
var b = '123';
alert(typeof(a));
alert(a.toSource());
alert(typeof(b));
alert(b.toSource());

 

Therefore, wouldn't this give your desired result?

 

a = 69.30;
b
...

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Advisor , Jul 07, 2022 Jul 07, 2022

Hello @smithcgl9043167,

 

As @Stephen_A_Marsh has already pointed out "Your variables are already numbers, not strings, so no need to parseInt()" besides the parseInt(); function has some known bugs when used with ExtendScript.

 

If ever the case your variables were strings, you could use Number(); to convert the strings; like in the example below.

 

 

a = "69.30"
b = "217.60"
c = "56.00"
d = "28.00"

tt = Number(a) + Number(b) + Number(c) + Number(d); 

alert (tt.toFixed(2));

 

 

Regards,

Mike

 

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Jul 07, 2022 Jul 07, 2022

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@smithcgl9043167 â€“ Does the following link help? The integer is obtained by simply truncating the input. 

 

http://www.javascripter.net/faq/convert2.htm

 

// Examples (comments in each line give the conversion results):

parseInt('123.45')  // 123

 

Your variables are already numbers, not strings, so no need to parseInt():

 

var a = 123;
var b = '123';
alert(typeof(a));
alert(a.toSource());
alert(typeof(b));
alert(b.toSource());

 

Therefore, wouldn't this give your desired result?

 

a = 69.30;
b = 217.60;
c = 56.00;
d = 28.00;

tt = (a)+(b)+(c)+(d); 

alert (tt.toFixed(2));

 

If your values were strings rather than numbers, instead of parseInt() I believe you should be looking for the absolute:

 

a = '69.30';
b = '217.60';
c = '56.00';
d = '28.00';

tt = Math.abs(a)+Math.abs(b)+Math.abs(c)+Math.abs(d); 

alert(tt.toFixed(2));

 

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Hello @smithcgl9043167,

 

As @Stephen_A_Marsh has already pointed out "Your variables are already numbers, not strings, so no need to parseInt()" besides the parseInt(); function has some known bugs when used with ExtendScript.

 

If ever the case your variables were strings, you could use Number(); to convert the strings; like in the example below.

 

 

a = "69.30"
b = "217.60"
c = "56.00"
d = "28.00"

tt = Number(a) + Number(b) + Number(c) + Number(d); 

alert (tt.toFixed(2));

 

 

Regards,

Mike

 

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Jul 07, 2022 Jul 07, 2022

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@Mike Bro wrote:

If ever the case your variables were strings, you could use Number(); to convert the strings; like in the example below.

 

Regards,

Mike


 

Thanks, Mike, I didn't know about Number() !

 

It drove me crazy wondering why a prompt() would screw up the calculation of the numbers input into it – until I understood that it returned a string.

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Jul 08, 2022 Jul 08, 2022

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Hi @Stephen_A_Marsh  and @Mike Bro , Thanks for helping me, both solutions work here.
I added parseInt() because in my original script the values of variables even though numbers were concatenating.

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Jul 09, 2022 Jul 09, 2022

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You could also try something like that:

var a = "69.30";
var b = "217.60";
var c = 56.00;
var d = 28.00;

var tt = a*1+b*1+c+d;

alert (tt.toFixed(2));

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Jul 09, 2022 Jul 09, 2022

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@pixxxelschubser â€“ I stumbled over this once when making a script, however I didn't ask the question.

 

Why does multiplying a string create a number?

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Sep 11, 2022 Sep 11, 2022

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I found the following while working on something else. Not having a formal JS background I obviously didn't know about "type coercion":

 

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Type_coercion

 

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/js-type-coercion-explained-27ba3d9a2839/

 

 

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Jul 10, 2022 Jul 10, 2022

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@Stephen_A_Marsh 

It works. That has been enough for me so far.

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Here are 4 variations that should achieve the desired result:

 

 

var a = "69.30";
var b = "217.60";
var c = "56.00";
var d = "28.00";

var tt = eval(a) + parseFloat(b) + Number(c) + d*1;

alert (tt.toFixed(2));

 

 

 

@smithcgl9043167 

A side note:

ParseInt() only works for integers - for floating point numbers you should use ParseFloat()

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