{"id":1465,"date":"2016-07-17T04:10:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T04:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/javascript-tutor.net\/?p=1465"},"modified":"2017-09-21T13:35:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T13:35:01","slug":"creating-simple-calculator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/javascript-tutor.net\/index.php\/2016\/07\/17\/creating-simple-calculator\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Simple Calculator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We can create a simple calculator that adds two numbers.<\/p>\n<p>First we create a function that generates two random numbers that are less than 100 and converts them into integers , as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&lt;script&gt;<br \/>\nfunction RandomFn() {<br \/>\ndocument.getElementById(&#8220;num1&#8221;).innerHTML = parseInt(Math.random()*100);<br \/>\ndocument.getElementById(&#8220;num2&#8221;).innerHTML = parseInt(Math.random()*100);<\/p>\n<p>}<\/p>\n<p>The innerHTML property is to specify the HTML content of an element. The parseInt function is to convert a number into interger so that it can be manipulated mathematically.<\/p>\n<p>The function to add two numbers is shown as follows:<\/p>\n<p>function myFunction() {<br \/>\nvar number1;<br \/>\nvar number2;<br \/>\nnumber1=document.getElementById(&#8216;num1&#8217;).innerHTML ;<br \/>\nnumber2=document.getElementById(&#8216;num2&#8217;).innerHTML;<br \/>\nvar sum=parseInt(number1)+parseInt(number2);<br \/>\ndocument.getElementById(&#8216;ans&#8217;).textContent=&#8221;The sum of two numbers= &#8220;+sum;<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>textContent method is to display the output within a HTML element.<\/p>\n<p>The complete HTML code is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;html&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;head&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;title&gt;Simple JS Calculator&gt;&lt;\/title&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;meta name=viewport content=&#8221;width=device-width, initial-scale=1&#8243;&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;\/head&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;body onload=&#8221;RandomFn()&#8221;&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;script type=&#8221;text\/javascript&#8221; src=&#8221;kidmath.js&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;h3&gt;Addition of Two Numbers&lt;\/h3&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;p&gt;Please calculate the sum of two numbers.&lt;\/p&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;form id=&#8221;Myform&#8221;&gt;<br \/>\nNumber 1: &lt;b id=&#8221;num1&#8243;&gt;&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br \/>\nNumber 2: &lt;b id=&#8221;num2&#8243;&gt;&lt;\/b&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;p id=&#8221;ans&#8221;&gt;Calculate the sum of two numbers&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;input type=&#8221;button&#8221; value=&#8221;Calculate&#8221; onclick=&#8221;myFunction()&#8221;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;input type=&#8221;button&#8221; value=&#8221;Next Question&#8221; onclick=&#8221;Nextq()&#8221;&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;\/form&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;script&gt;<br \/>\nfunction Nextq() {<br \/>\nlocation.reload();<br \/>\n}<br \/>\n&lt;\/script&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;script&gt;<br \/>\nfunction RandomFn() {<br \/>\ndocument.getElementById(&#8220;num1&#8221;).innerHTML = parseInt(Math.random()*100);<br \/>\ndocument.getElementById(&#8220;num2&#8221;).innerHTML = parseInt(Math.random()*100);<\/p>\n<p>}<br \/>\n&lt;\/script&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&lt;\/body&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;\/html&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/javascript-tutor.net\/jSample\/kidmath.html\">Simple Calculator<\/a> to see the output.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can create a simple calculator that adds two numbers. 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