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Asked: 2026-05-25T06:58:54+00:00

What I want to do is have numbers inputted by user and the sum

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What I want to do is have numbers inputted by user and the sum of the numbers returned. My logic is as follows:

  1. User inputs string
  2. String is split to array
  3. Loop through array and sum all numbers
  4. Return sum

And here is the code I have so far:

<script type='text/javascript'>

var val=document.getElementById('userInput').value;
var temp=val.split(" ");

function sum() {
    for(var i=0, MISSING THIS BIT

    document.getElementById('resultSum').innerHTML=MISSING THIS BIT;
}

</script>

<form name="input">
    <textarea name="userInput" rows=20 cols=20></textarea>
    <input name="Run" type=Button value="run" onClick="sum()">
<form name="resultSum"><input type=Text>

I admit with humility that this is mostly probably wrong and appreciate anybody’s time and effort.

UPDATE: I have done as suggested and I get the following error on my code below:

Message: ‘document.getElementById(…)’ is null or not an object Line:
16 Char: 1 Code: 0

<html>

<script type='text/javascript'>

function sum(){
    var val = document.getElementById('userInput').value;
    var temp = val.split(" ");

    var total = 0;
    var v;
    for(var i = 0; i < temp.length; i++) {
        v = parseFloat(temp[i]);
        if (!isNaN(v)) total += v;
    }

    document.getElementById('resultSum').innerHTML=total;

}

</script>

<form name="input">
    <textarea name="userInput" rows=20 cols=20></textarea>
    <input name="Run" type=Button value="run" onClick="sum()">
    <form name="resultSum"><input type=text>
<html>

Any suggestions? Thanks to all for being comprehensive – I have read both examples and understand the process now!

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  1. Editorial Team

    You want a basic loop to convert and add each item.

    I have also cleaned up your HTML a ton. You didn’t have any proper closing tags. I have also changed all of the ‘name’ attributes to ‘id’ attributes so that ‘getElementById’ would work properly, which I missed on my first pass.

    <html>
  <head>
    <script type='text/javascript'>
      function sum(){ 
        var val = document.getElementById('userInput').value;
        var temp = val.split(" ");
        var total = 0;
        var v;
        for(var i = 0; i < temp.length; i++) {
          v = parseFloat(temp[i]);
          if (!isNaN(v)) total += v; 
        } 
        document.getElementById('resultSumValue').value = total; 
      } 
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="input">
      <textarea id="userInput" rows=20 cols=20></textarea> 
      <input id="Run" type=Button value="run" onClick="sum()" />
    </form>

    <form id="resultSum">
      <input id="resultSumValue" type="text" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

    This will also ignore any values that are ‘NaN’ (Not a Number).

    If you want the numbers to only be integers (no decimals), change parseFloat to parseInt.

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