Simple function console.log in dollar amount.

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I am new to coding and am attempting to teach myself. I created a simple function to calculate cost * tax. I just want to get a return in a dollar amount. = $500.
What exactly did I do wrong? I'm getting NaN. I'm sure this is a simple fix.

JavaScript

function calculateTax(cost, tax) {
          console.log(`$${cost}` * `$${tax}`);       

        }
          calculateTax(1000, 0.5);

What I have tried:

Everything I could possibly think of with the very tiny amount of knowledge I have achieved thus far, lol.

Posted 30-Sep-23 13:12pm

Bs1818

Updated 1-Oct-23 8:23am

Deeksha Shenoy

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Dave Kreskowiak 30-Sep-23 23:54pm

I'll give you a hint. You're trying to multiple two text strings together, not two values.

Multiply the values together, then you can put that value in a string and return that.

Bs1818 1-Oct-23 8:50am

that hint made it very clear, thanks for your time! that solution was very simple.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2023-09-30T19:24:00

Why do people complicate things so?

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>JavaScript Functions</h1>

<p>Call a function which performs a calculation and returns the result:</p>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function calculateTax(cost, tax) {
    console.log(cost * tax);
    return(cost * tax);
    }



let result = calculateTax(1000, 0.5);
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = result;
</script>

</body>
</html>

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