bug help?

[chessbot]

I am writing an all-text Javascript game and I need debugging help. Could someone tell me the problem with this?

Here is a function in the beginning of the file. What it should do is see if "player.level" is 1. If so, it returns 10. Otherwise, it returns the triangle number equal to its level*100
(n+1)/2 is the formula for triangle numbers

function getExp()
{
if (player.level==1)
{
var exp=10
}else{
var exp=(50*player.level)*(player.level+1)
}
alert(exp)
return exp
}

When I call the function like this
alert(getExp())
the page refreshes.
Help?

 

[ChetN]

Take the dot out of player.level and it works. ie: playerlevel.

 

[chessbot]

player.level is an object

 

[jemminger]

works fine for me:

<script type="text/javascript">
var player = {level:2}
		
function getExp()
{
    if (player.level==1)
    {
        var exp=10
    }else{
        var exp=(50*player.level)*(player.level+1)
    }
    alert(exp)
    return exp
}
</script>

<input type="button" value="getExp();" onclick="getExp();" />

perhaps the error is elsewhere in your page? how are you calling the function?

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http://www.jeffemminger.com

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[chessbot]

sorry about that, I realized my problem

i already had a function called getExp

d'oh