How can I avoid NaN

[trints]

When my .swf loads the variables from the .txt file
(days=2&hours=17&minutes=10&seconds=56), the swf file starts and shows seconds
"56" for one second then says "NaN"...Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Trint

[kglad]

variables loaded from a text file are loaded as string variables. you'll need to convert them to numbers.

[trints]

kglad,
I've been reading and can't get it right with number ()
How would I do that here:
stop();
var dateVars = new LoadVars();
dateVars.onLoad = function(ok) {
if (ok) {
clock.secondsleft = dateVars.seconds;
clock.minutesleft = dateVars.minutes;
clock.hoursleft = datevars.hours;
clock.daysleft = dateVars.days;
}
};
dateVars.load("countdown.txt");
myinterval = setInterval(countDown, 1000);
function countDown() {
clock.secondsleft -= 1;
if (clock.secondsleft<0) {
clock.secondsleft += 60;
clock.minutesleft -= 1;
}
if (clock.minutesleft<0) {
clock.minutesleft += 60;
clock.hoursleft -= 1;
}
if (clock.hoursleft<0) {
clock.hoursleft += 24;
clock.daysleft -= 1;
}
}
Thanks,
Trint

[dk_says_hey]

if number() won't work, use parseInt()

[Laiverd.COM]

Don't see you using Number anywhere in your code, so let me just add to the
shots in the dark ;-)

clock.secondsleft = Number(dateVars.seconds);
clock.minutesleft = Number(dateVars.minutes);
clock.hoursleft = Number(datevars.hours);
clock.daysleft = Number(dateVars.days);

John

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[kglad]

i don't think there are any situations when parseInt() would work and number() or multiplying by 1 would fail. in addition, parseInt() is very different from number().