Question

I’m trying to write a script that adds the left side of a string and validates it against the right side.

For example:

var left = "12345"
var right = "34567"

I need to do some sort of sum function that adds 1+2+3+4+5 and checks if it equals 3+4+5+6+7.

I just don’t have a clue how to do it.

I think I need to use a for loop to iterate through the numbers such as
for (var i = 0, length = left.length; i < length; i++)

But I’m not sure how to add each number from there.

EDIT the var is actually being pulled in from a field. so var left = document.blah.blah

Answer 1

DEMO

var left = "12345"
var right = "12345"

function add(string) {
    string = string.split('');                 //split into individual characters
    var sum = 0;                               //have a storage ready
    for (var i = 0; i < string.length; i++) {  //iterate through
        sum += parseInt(string[i],10);         //convert from string to int
    }
    return sum;                                //return when done
}

alert(add(left) === add(right));​