Example 1

[PeppeL-G]

Course

Client-Server Communication

The problem

I'm trying to compute and display the sum of 8 and 9 in JavaScript.

Failed attempt

My JavaScript code looks like this:

const sum = 5 + 9
alert(sum)

When I run the code in a web browser it displays the number 14 instead of the expected number 17.

The question(s)

Why does it display the number 14 instead of the expected number 17?

[PeppeL-G]

With your current code you compute the sum of 5 and 9, not the sum of 8 and 9.

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