Can anyone help me find the error/s in this script?

turtleflame · 12-28-2012, 07:18 PM

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Fahrenheit From Celsius</title>
</head>
<body>
    <script>
        var cTemp = 100;  // temperature in Celsius
        // Let's be generous with parentheses
        var hTemp = ((cTemp * 9) /5 ) + 32;
        document.write("Temperature in Celsius: " + cTemp + "
degrees<br/>");
        document.write("Temperature in Fahrenheit: " + hTemp + "
degrees");
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Thanks

Philip M · 12-28-2012, 07:27 PM

Have you tried using your error console?

The errors are in the line breaks in your document.write() statements.

var hTemp = cTemp * 9/5 + 32; // is entirely adequate.

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turtleflame · 12-28-2012, 07:39 PM

When I eliminated the line breaks it didn't change anything but when I removed all of the parentheses it did work. Thank you.

Philip M · 12-29-2012, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turtleflame

When I eliminated the line breaks it didn't change anything but when I removed all of the parentheses it did work. Thank you.

Not so. The line breaks are your problem - easily demonstrated.

Code:

var cTemp = 100;  // temperature in Celsius
// Let's be generous with parentheses
var hTemp = ((cTemp * 9) /5 ) + 32;
alert (hTemp); // 212

BTW, do please read the posting guidelines regarding silly thread titles. The thread title is supposed to help people who have a similar problem in future. Yours is useless for this purpose. You can (and should) edit it to make it more meaningful.