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jqueryaddition
user1329212
user1329212

Reputation:

Jquery Addition Operation

Hi i wrote a jquery script. I'm rookie on jquery. i want to increase cart count +1. But this script didn't add +1 it concats 1. What should i do ?

<script type="text/javascript">
     $('#shopping-cart-button').click(function(){
          var cart_count = $('#cart_count').text();
          cart_count = cart_count + 1;
          $('#cart_count').text(cart_count);
          });
</script>

Upvotes: 3

Views: 9126

Answers (2)

user2440156
user2440156

Reputation: 217

try for something like this in case of input type text 

$('YOUR_ID_HERE').val($('YOUR_ID_HERE').val() + 'SOME OTHER VALUE');

Upvotes: 0

thecodeparadox
thecodeparadox

Reputation: 87073

.text() returns string, so you have to use parseInt(value, radix) to convert the string to number.

$('#shopping-cart-button').click(function(){
    var basket_count = $('#basket_count').text();
    basket_count = parseInt(basket_count, 10) + 1;
    $('#basket_count').text(basket_count);
});

Upvotes: 9

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