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Jonathan
Jonathan

Reputation: 21

Weird JavaScript operators

I'm having a little problem with an operator. I have a number which is either plussed or subtracted depending on key input. The weird thing is that the operators += 1 and += 11 adds the numbers literally to the static number: 60 becomes 601 and 6011 instead of 61 and 71.

Here is the code, so take into consideration that the static number is 60:

switch(e.keyCode) {
    case 37:
        boxID -= 1;
        break;
    case 38:
        boxID -= 11;
        break;
    case 39:
        boxID += 1; // Becomes 601
        break;
    case 40:
        boxID += 11; // Becomes 6011
        break;
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 425

Answers (1)

user578895
user578895

Reputation:

boxId is a string in your case. Convert it to a number first using parseInt(boxId) or just boxId << 0

The reason -= works is because it only has one function (subtract using Math), so boxId is cast to a number before the operation. + is overloaded in JavaScript to mean "string concatenation OR Math addition", so if boxId is a string, it does string ops.

Upvotes: 11

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