I am trying to get a numeric value from an html input box called ValuationChoice(labeled as Job Value) and pass it through a Javascript function(GetPermit_Price) where it will get the permit cost by looping through value interred into ValuationChoice. The result value keeps ing up as 0 no matter what I type in the ValuationChoice input box. Any advice on how I can make this work would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance!
function GetPermit_Price() {
var PermitCost = 0;
var theForm = document.forms["cakeform"];
var Valuation =
theForm.elements["ValuationChoice"];
if (Valuation > 0 && Valuation <= 1000) {
PermitCost = 0;
}
if (Valuation > 1001 && Valuation <= 50000) {
PermitCost = (((Valuation - 1000) / 1000) * 5.50) + 25;
}
if (Valuation > 50001 && Valuation <= 100000) {
PermitCost = (((Valuation - 50000) / 1000) * 4.50) + 294.50;
}
if (Valuation > 100001 && Valuation < 500000) {
PermitCost = (((Valuation - 100000) / 1000) * 3.50) + 519.50;
}
if (Valuation > 500001) {
PermitCost = (((Valuation - 500000) / 1000) * 2.25) + 1919.50;
}
return PermitCost;
}
function calculateTotal() {
var cakePrice = GetPermit_Price() + 5 + 10.00;
var divobj7 = document.getElementById('permitFee');
divobj7.style.display = 'block';
divobj7.innerHTML = "Permit Fee: $" +
GetPermit_Price();
}
function hideTotal() {
var divobj = document.getElementById('totalPrice');
divobj.style.display = 'none';
}
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Strict//EN"
"
strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Cake Form</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/formcalculations.js"></script>
<link href="styles/cakeform.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body onload='hideTotal()'>
<div id="wrap">
<form action="" id="cakeform" onsubmit="return
false;">
<div>
<div class="cont_order">
<fieldset>
<legend>Calculate Permit</legend>
<label>Job Value</label>
<input type="text" id="ValuationChoice" name='ValuationChoice' />
<p>
</p>
<div id="permitFee"></div>
<br/>
<br/>
<div id="totalPrice"></div>
<input type='submit' id='submit' value='Calculate Permit' onclick="calculateTotal()" />
</fieldset>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<!--End of wrap-->
</body>
</html>
I am trying to get a numeric value from an html input box called ValuationChoice(labeled as Job Value) and pass it through a Javascript function(GetPermit_Price) where it will get the permit cost by looping through value interred into ValuationChoice. The result value keeps ing up as 0 no matter what I type in the ValuationChoice input box. Any advice on how I can make this work would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance!
function GetPermit_Price() {
var PermitCost = 0;
var theForm = document.forms["cakeform"];
var Valuation =
theForm.elements["ValuationChoice"];
if (Valuation > 0 && Valuation <= 1000) {
PermitCost = 0;
}
if (Valuation > 1001 && Valuation <= 50000) {
PermitCost = (((Valuation - 1000) / 1000) * 5.50) + 25;
}
if (Valuation > 50001 && Valuation <= 100000) {
PermitCost = (((Valuation - 50000) / 1000) * 4.50) + 294.50;
}
if (Valuation > 100001 && Valuation < 500000) {
PermitCost = (((Valuation - 100000) / 1000) * 3.50) + 519.50;
}
if (Valuation > 500001) {
PermitCost = (((Valuation - 500000) / 1000) * 2.25) + 1919.50;
}
return PermitCost;
}
function calculateTotal() {
var cakePrice = GetPermit_Price() + 5 + 10.00;
var divobj7 = document.getElementById('permitFee');
divobj7.style.display = 'block';
divobj7.innerHTML = "Permit Fee: $" +
GetPermit_Price();
}
function hideTotal() {
var divobj = document.getElementById('totalPrice');
divobj.style.display = 'none';
}
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-
strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Cake Form</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/formcalculations.js"></script>
<link href="styles/cakeform.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body onload='hideTotal()'>
<div id="wrap">
<form action="" id="cakeform" onsubmit="return
false;">
<div>
<div class="cont_order">
<fieldset>
<legend>Calculate Permit</legend>
<label>Job Value</label>
<input type="text" id="ValuationChoice" name='ValuationChoice' />
<p>
</p>
<div id="permitFee"></div>
<br/>
<br/>
<div id="totalPrice"></div>
<input type='submit' id='submit' value='Calculate Permit' onclick="calculateTotal()" />
</fieldset>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<!--End of wrap-->
</body>
</html>
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edited Dec 6, 2018 at 16:02
Jeremy Thille
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- Unrelated, but sticking with JS conventions makes code much easier to read (and not randomly inserting newlines). I also almost never rely on JS type coercion. In any case, you're trying to pare a DOM element to a number--pare the value instead. – Dave Newton Commented Dec 6, 2018 at 15:45
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Reset to default 8Valuation is the input field not its value.
try:
var Valuation = theForm.elements["ValuationChoice"].value;
So first off your input should be type=number
also why don't you just find the value of the input like the below
const Valuation = document.getElementById('ValuationChoice').value;
and to be sure simply console log what you get back
console.log(Valuation);
This will help you debug and see if you are even getting a number back which you probably wont be if your using a text input.