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JavaScript The Solution

Posted by Joseph M.
Joseph M.
2,057 Points

addittion of variables within literal-template

Hi, am adding two numbers within a literal template. instead, the two are being concatenated. answer +=${num1} + ${num2} = ${num1 + num2};

kindly help

2 Answers

Robert Gulley
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Robert Gulley
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 10,722 Points

Hi Joseph! -

Without being able to see all of your code, I'm going to assume that you are taking input from a user and then trying to add those two numbers. Are you using a unary plus or parseInt to convert these to numbers since user input is always a string regardless of what is typed?

Joseph M.
Joseph M.
2,057 Points
Joseph M.
Joseph M.
2,057 Points

Hi Robert. Yes that is the issue thanks. done a bit of research and found that I could convert the string to integer using the parseInt function, and the addittion has worked out. thanks again.