debugged example snippets and added examples of both explicit and implicit conversion.

Author: challock-arch

explicit-and-implicit-conversion-in-javascript.js

@@ -19,14 +19,34 @@ Use console.log() to clearly show the before-and-after type conversions.
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-let result = "5" - 2;
+let result = String("5" - 2); 
 console.log("The result is: " + result);
+console.log(typeof result);
+//adding String() makes the result more predictable by not leaving the final type up for implicit conversion.
 
-let isValid = Boolean("false");
+let isValid = Boolean(""); 
 if (isValid) {
     console.log("This is valid!");
 }
+console.log(isValid);
+//"false" as a string value inside the boolean function was returning a true value because any non-empty string value is considered truthy by JavaScript.
 
-let age = "25";
+let age = Number("25"); 
 let totalAge = age + 5;
 console.log("Total Age: " + totalAge);
+//the totalAge variable was concatenating the 'age' variable with the number 5 which was producing 255. Adding the number() function meant the number is the correct data type for mathematical addition.
+
+let amountSpent = 35;
+let amountSaved = "15";
+console.log ("amountSpent is a " + typeof(amountSpent));
+console.log ("amountSaved is a " + typeof(amountSaved));
+let amountBilled = amountSpent - amountSaved;
+console.log("amountBilled is a " + typeof(amountBilled));
+//Through implicit conversion, JavaScript took the amountSaved and converted its data type from a string to a number to do the mathematical subraction in the amountBilled variable.
+
+let month = String(3); 
+let day = String(14);
+let year = String(2025);
+let fullDate = month + "/" + day + "/" + year;
+console.log(`Pi Day is ${fullDate} and also STL Day!`);
+//I utilized the String() function to explicity convert the numbers for the month, day, and year to strings before inputing the data into the fullDate variable.