parseMoney()

[tnsbuff]

Hi,

I'm fairly new to JavaScript and I'm trying to use the parseMoney() or parseDec() methods to achieve 2 decimal places on my calculations. Both give me an "object required" error, although everything calculates and displays fine if I don't use these methods. Here's the code I've tried:

document.form_name.field_name.value = parseMoney(calculated_total);

document.form_name.field_name.value = parseDec(calculated_total, 2);

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks very much!

 

[SashiRaveendran]

looks like you are trying to call java functions, these dont work in javascript. You will have to write the script to do the equivalent in javascript or, seeing as I hate reinventing the wheel, check out...

http://www.dithered.com/javascript/parsemoney/

and

http://www.taylor.org/~patrick/javascript/lib/

 

[tnsbuff]

No, not Java functions; taken directly from the second link (you provided the same one). It doesn't work for me though for some reason.

 

[SashiRaveendran]

what browser are you using?

what type of variable is calculated_total, string, int, ... ?

how have you referenced the js files, can we see a bit more code with the js file reference and the script block where you make the call to parseDec

 

[tnsbuff]

Hi sjravee,

Thanks for responding again to my question.

I'm using IE6.0. Actually, calculated_total is not the actual variable name that I used. The actual variables are F_Total, P_Total, Shipping_Total and Grand_Total. You can see the full code here:

http://128.121.196.24/curriculum_orderform.htm

(I'm sure there's a more elegant way to code what I'm doing but I'm new and it works, except for the fact that I can't seem to force 2 decimal places for my currency totals.)

I converted all entries using parseFloat() before totaling the numbers. Should I have done it differently?

Thanks very much!

 

[tnsbuff]

Just wanted to mention also that I removed the parseMoney(Grand_Total) code because it kept causing the "object required" error.

 

[tnsbuff]

Never mind. I thought parseMoney() and parseDec() were built-in functions similar to formatNumber() in asp. I guess they're not.