converting string integer value to real integer value for looping

[steve kelly]

OK this should be simple but I am scratching my head on it. I have a string value of an number within an html page(works fine). I then want to convert it to an integer so I can iterate through a fixed number of fields(totalSize var).
Code snippit below. I get this NaN value (putting totalSize inside of an alert())when doing parseInt. I want to be able to iterate through "totalSize". How do I do that once I have the correct string representation of my integer? Is there something I need to call on the Nan value to do it or?

var topPlusMinus = get('topCheck').value;
    	 
    	var totalSize =  parseInt(topPlusMinus ); 
    	for(var i=1; i <= totalSize; i++) {

[Bear Bibeault]

parseInt() should work fine, even if there's trailing spaces in the string. What exactly does the string contain?

[steve kelly]

Bear Bibeault wrote:parseInt() should work fine, even if there's trailing spaces in the string. What exactly does the string contain?

Never mind. Gah, I was passing in wrong value. I need coffee<grin>

[Eric Pascarello]

When using parseInt, you really should use a radix.

Eric

[Bear Bibeault]

steve kelly wrote:I need coffee<grin>

Ah yes, uncaffeinated coding -- it's a killer!