Help With A Calculation

[Michael Hagstrom]

Good Day -

I have written a form which collects input for a fare calculation. The form
collects the following:

1) Departure or Destination Group (1,2,or 3)
2) Number of Adults
3) Number of Children aged 4 to 12
4) Number of Children under age 4

Based on this data, I need to calculate a fare as follows:

1) The base fare is $80.00, $70.00 or $60.00 per person, depending on which
Departure/Destination Group is selected. If there is more than one adult,
all adults after the first one receive a 40% discount.

2) The rate per Child 4 - 12 is one have the base fare per child.

3) Children under 4 are free.

The following is the form and the Javascript, but I cannot get it to work.

Any help or suggestions would be truly appreciated.

Mike Hagstrom

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<form name="quote">
<table width="500" border="2" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
align="CENTER">

<tr><td>Select Your Group:&nbsp;</td><td>Key West Group&nbsp;<input
type="Radio" name="Group" value="1"><br>Lower Keys Group&nbsp;<input
type="Radio" name="Group" value="2"><br>Middle/Upper Keys Group&nbsp;<input
type="Radio" name="Group" value="3"></td></tr>

<tr><td>Number of Adults:&nbsp;</td><td><INPUT NAME="Adults" SIZE=5
MAXLENGTH=50></td></tr>

<tr><td>Number Children 4-12 yrs:&nbsp;</td><td><INPUT NAME="Chil412"
SIZE=5 MAXLENGTH=50></td></tr>

<tr><td>Number Children Under 4 yrs:&nbsp;</td><td><INPUT NAME="ChilU4"
SIZE=5 MAXLENGTH=50></td></tr>

<tr><td ><input type=button value="Calculate"
onClick="calculate()"></td></tr>

<tr><td>Total Passengers:</td><td><input type=text name=totalpass
size=12></td></tr>

<tr><td>Your Fare:</td><td><input type=text name=totalfare
size=12></td></tr>


</table>
</form>
<script type=text/javascript>
function calculate() {
if (document.quote.Group.value = 1)
then Var farepp = 80;
else if (document.quote.Group.value = 2)
then Var farepp = 70;
else Var farepp = 60;

var Adults = document.quote.Adults.value;
var Chil412 = document.quote.Chil412.value;
var ChilU4 = document.quote.ChilU4.value;
var totalpass = Math.pow(Adults+Chil412+ChiU4);
var totalfare = Math.pow((farepp*Adults)+(Chil412*farepp/2));


document.quote.totalpass.value="";
document.quote.totalfare.value="";

}

</script>

 

[KC Wong]

I have written a form which collects input for a fare calculation. The
form

collects the following:

The following is the form and the Javascript, but I cannot get it to work.

That's not good enough... next time state clearly:
1. What results do you expect
2. What incorrect results you're getting

I'll give you some hints below.

<script type=text/javascript>
function calculate() {
if (document.quote.Group.value = 1)
then Var farepp = 80;
else if (document.quote.Group.value = 2)
then Var farepp = 70;
else Var farepp = 60;

1. JavaScript does not have a "then" keyword.
2. JavaScript, while loosely typed, are case-sensitive.
3. Scope rules: What scope do you want fareapp to be in?

var Adults = document.quote.Adults.value;
var Chil412 = document.quote.Chil412.value;
var ChilU4 = document.quote.ChilU4.value;
var totalpass = Math.pow(Adults+Chil412+ChiU4);
var totalfare = Math.pow((farepp*Adults)+(Chil412*farepp/2));

There's a typo in one of the above lines... should be obvious when you see
the error message.

document.quote.totalpass.value="";
document.quote.totalfare.value="";
}
</script>

You want to display the results, right? Then you shouldn't assign empty
strings to the fields here.

BTW the calculation is incorrect too... results in NaN. I'll leave that part
for you to fix... it looks like a "squish-the-bugs" kind of assignment to
me.


KC

 

[Michael Hagstrom]

KC -

Thanks for your input.

Based on your comments, I edited the script to remove the conditionals on
the "farepp" and set it static at 80. I've set the math to only calculate
the full fare without a discount.

I also cleaned up the typing and now I receive no error messages, but the
script returns nothing.

Here's the script as modified:
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<script type=text/javascript>
function calculate() {

var farepp = 80;
var Adults = document.quote.Adults.value;
var Chil412 = document.quote.Chil412.value;
var ChilU4 = document.quote.ChilU4.value;
var totalfare = Math.pow((farepp*Adults)+(farepp*Chil412/2));
var totalpass = Math.pow(Adults+Chil412+ChilU4);

if (!isNaN(totalfare) &&
(totalfare != Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY) &&
(totalfare != Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY)) {
document.quote.totalfare.value=Math.round(totalfare);
document.quote.totalpass.value=Math.round(totalpass);
}
else {
document.quote.totalfare.value="";
document.quote.totalpass.value="";
}

}
function round(totalfare) {return Math.round(totalfare *100)/100;}
</script>
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Am I missing something obvious here?

Thanks for any more help or suggestions.

Mike

 

[Dr John Stockton]

JRS: In article <[email protected]>, seen in
Michael Hagstrom <[email protected]>
posted at Wed, 24 Sep 2003 06:18:21 :-

Before writing programs using maths, learn some math; before writing
code using a system function, discover what it does.

var totalfare = Math.pow((farepp*Adults)+(farepp*Chil412/2));
var totalpass = Math.pow(Adults+Chil412+ChilU4);

function round(totalfare) {return Math.round(totalfare *100)/100;}

That rounds a number to a number. You will want to round a number to a
string with two decimals.

Am I missing something obvious here?

Yes : the FAQ, including how to reply in News and other matters.

 

[Michael Hagstrom]

Thanks for all your input -

I got the script working fine.

Sorry about using the Math.pow system function - I had taken it from another
piece of code I had written earlier, and forgot to remove it from my
example.

Thank you again.

Oh, yes - my math is just fine, and my name is
Dr. Michael Hagstrom - Catholic University of America, 1969

JRS: In article <[email protected]>, seen in
Michael Hagstrom <[email protected]>
posted at Wed, 24 Sep 2003 06:18:21 :-

Before writing programs using maths, learn some math; before writing
code using a system function, discover what it does.



That rounds a number to a number. You will want to round a number to a
string with two decimals.


Yes : the FAQ, including how to reply in News and other matters.

links.

 

[Dr John Stockton]

JRS: In article <[email protected]>, seen in

Oh, yes - my math is just fine, and my name is
Dr. Michael Hagstrom - Catholic University of America, 1969

You seem to be a slow learner. Read the newsgroup FAQ, and try to learn
about the proper, considerate formatting of news replies. If that's not
enough, see the references below.