
as strings, which is how the value of text fields are stored in the object. Using the
<b>val()</b> function, we can convert the string inputs for each of the fields. We will
reference the value of the fields using the ".text" attribute of the text field object.</p>

<p>Lastly, we assign ".text" attribute of the <em>totalfield</em> object as a string
representation of our <em>theanswer</em> integer</p>

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<br><a name="floats"></a><h3>5. Handlin