Question

I am using the following

var loan = parseFloat(document.getElementById("loanamount"));

document.getElementById('numpay').textContent = loan.toString();

and my html is this:

<p>Number of Payments:    <a id="numpay"> </a> </p>

I feel like this should be working but cannot seem to get anything other than NaN in my html, no matter how I configure it. I know I am a novice at javascript but could you please give me a tip?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You need parseFloat(document.getElementById("loanamount").value) most probably

TIP: Instead of parseFloat, just use + to convert from strings to numbers. So +document.getElementById("loanamount").value should also serve your purpose.