I build a Scoreboard

what it does when someone click the +500 button it will add 500 to the value in the score board i.e it will add 500 to the value of p tag

   <div class="box"> 
 <h2>Teams</h2>
 <div class="score">
    <p id="p1" class="lead">230</p>
  </div>
  /div>
 <button id="b1">+500</button>

JavaScript for it

var myScore = document.getElementById("b1");
myScore.onclick = function () {
    var newScore = document.getElementById("p1").innerHTML;
    var value = newScore + 500;
    document.getElementById("p1").innerHTML = value;
};

but this is showing me 230500 instead of 730. how to change my inner html value 230 in integer form ??

I build a Scoreboard

what it does when someone click the +500 button it will add 500 to the value in the score board i.e it will add 500 to the value of p tag

   <div class="box"> 
 <h2>Teams</h2>
 <div class="score">
    <p id="p1" class="lead">230</p>
  </div>
  /div>
 <button id="b1">+500</button>

JavaScript for it

var myScore = document.getElementById("b1");
myScore.onclick = function () {
    var newScore = document.getElementById("p1").innerHTML;
    var value = newScore + 500;
    document.getElementById("p1").innerHTML = value;
};

but this is showing me 230500 instead of 730. how to change my inner html value 230 in integer form ??

• javascript
• onclick
• innerhtml

• 1 String + int = String. :) – Achrome Commented Jun 23, 2013 at 20:26
• 4 dom contents are strings. and are ALWAYS strings. you need to parse the string back to an int first. – Marc B Commented Jun 23, 2013 at 20:26

1 Answer 1

Right now, you're adding an integer to a string, so you're making a string concatenation.

Change

 var value = newScore + 500;

to

 var value = parseInt(newScore,10) + 500;