Adding Numbers

[fab5freddy]

This is a very basic question I need to find the sum of all numbers based on what the user inputs. For example if the user inputs 5 and 10 I need to come up with an answer of 45. 5 + 6 + 7 etc. all the way to and including 10.

I have a start to the statement but am unsure where to go from there. I am just starting to learn javascript, so if you need more information just let me know. Here is me code:

 

function exercise7Part2() {

//Variables

var firstUserEnteredNumber;

var secondUserEnteredNumber;

var counter;

var userEnteredTotal;

 

//User Input

firstUserEnteredNumber = prompt("Enter a number: ");

secondUserEnteredNumber = prompt("Enter another number: ");

 

//Assignments

firstUserEnteredNumber = Number(firstUserEnteredNumber);

secondUserEnteredNumber = Number(secondUserEnteredNumber);

counter = firstUserEnteredNumber;

 

//Output

while (counter < secondUserEnteredNumber) {

document.write(counter + " + ");

counter++;

 

}

document.write(secondUserEnteredNumber + " = " + userEnteredTotal);

}

[falkencreative]

Looks like you are pretty close. The main thing you have to do is add "userEnteredTotal += counter;" within your while loop, and then after the while loop make sure to add secondUserEnteredNumber to userEnteredTotal.

 

And you can't have uppercase letters in functions, so you'd better fix that.

[fab5freddy]

That worked perfect. I now have to do the same thing with multiplication in a for statement and can not get it to work. Here is the code I have so far. I basically copied everything from the one before but just changed it a little bit. Changing the += to a *= makes it work in the while loop. However in the for loop I can not get it to work. Thanks again for help with the first part.

 

function exercise8part2() {

// PART 2: YOUR CODE STARTS AFTER THIS LINE

//Variables

var firstUserEnteredNumber;

var secondUserEnteredNumber;

var counter;

var userEnteredTotal;

 

//User Input

firstUserEnteredNumber = prompt("Enter a number: ");

secondUserEnteredNumber = prompt("Enter another number: ");

 

//Assignments

firstUserEnteredNumber = Number(firstUserEnteredNumber);

secondUserEnteredNumber = Number(secondUserEnteredNumber);

 

//Output

for (counter = firstUserEnteredNumber; counter < secondUserEnteredNumber; counter++) {

userEnteredTotal = firstUserEnteredNumber *= counter;

document.write(counter + " * ");

 

}

document.write(secondUserEnteredNumber + " = " + userEnteredTotal);

}

[falkencreative]

A couple key things that may help:

 

-- keep in mind that since you are doing multiplication, userEnteredTotal needs to be set to 1 initially, rather than 0. (since 0 times x is always going to be 0.)

 

-- "firstUserEnteredNumber *= counter;" is the same as "firstUserEnteredNumber = firstUserEnteredNumber * counter;", so your line "userEnteredTotal = firstUserEnteredNumber *= counter;" actually could read "userEnteredTotal = firstUserEnteredNumber = firstUserEnteredNumber * counter;" which doesn't make much sense (too many = signs.)

 

Seems to me you'd want to set userEnteredTotal to 1 initially, and then something like "userEnteredTotal *= counter;"

 

-- Also, make sure to double check your math. Your for loop above skips multiplying by the final higher number (if you need to multiply 2*3*4, your for loop would skip the *4 part and leave you with incorrect results.) Watch for a similar issue in your exercise8part1() as well.