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Prompts and Math... 2 + 5 = 25?
I'm having some trouble in Sugarcube with a piece of code that lets the player decide a variable and then compares it to another to give them a sum. However, results are not very pleasing.
<<set $n1 to prompt("What number do you want this to be")>>
<<set $n2 to 5>>
$n1 and $n2 together make <<print $n1 + $n2>>
If I set $n1 to be 2, then that would make this a 2 + 5 equation, wouldn't it? But the answer turns out to be 25, and not 7. I'm not sure why this is happening, but I have a feeling it might be because it treats $n1 as a string and $n2 as an integer. Is there anyway I can get this to cooperate?
Any help is appreciated.
<<set $n1 to prompt("What number do you want this to be")>>
<<set $n2 to 5>>
$n1 and $n2 together make <<print $n1 + $n2>>
If I set $n1 to be 2, then that would make this a 2 + 5 equation, wouldn't it? But the answer turns out to be 25, and not 7. I'm not sure why this is happening, but I have a feeling it might be because it treats $n1 as a string and $n2 as an integer. Is there anyway I can get this to cooperate?
Any help is appreciated.
Comments
If you want $n1 to always be a number, use Number() to parse it. For example:
<<set $n1 to Number(prompt("What number do you want this to be"))>> <<if isNaN($n1) or not isFinite($n1)>> Yell at the player and make them try again, because they entered something which cannot be parsed into a number (well, a usable number, at any rate). <<else>> The player entered a valid number. Rejoice! <</if>>The reason for the check is because you can't control what the player may enter.