I am trying to make a simple GPA calculator. There are 4 forms and I'm trying to make it so a user enters 4 letters (A,B,C,D, or F) and have each of those numbers represent a value (A = 4.0, B=3.0 ect.) And basically just get the average of them all. Right now I just made it so it so it works if the user enters numbers, but now I want to change it so the user enters the letter grades and get the same gpa number. I have no idea how to do this. Please help thank you.
(This is my html)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>GPA Calculator</title>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="project6.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="project6.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Enter Your Grades Below</h1>
<form name="form" id="form">
<br>
<input type="text" class="textForm1" name="textForm1"></input><br>
<input type="text" class="textForm1" name="textForm2"></input><br>
<input type="text" class="textForm1" name="textForm3"></input><br>
<input type="text" class="textForm1" name="textForm4"></input><br>
<button type="button" onClick="getGrade()">Submit</button>
</form>
<div id="div">
</div>
</body>
</html>
(This is my javascript)
var getGrade = function() {
var inputOne = document.form.textForm1.value;
var inputTwo = document.form.textForm2.value;
var inputThree = document.form.textForm3.value;
var inputFour = document.form.textForm4.value;
document.getElementById("div").innerHTML = (Number(inputOne) + Number(inputTwo) + Number(inputThree) + Number(inputFour))/4;
}
I read all the answers and all gave me different ideas of what to do, but in the end, I followed mostly what Mike C. did, but not exactly the same way. Here's what I ended up with that worked perfectly.
var gradeValues = {
"A": 4.0,
"B": 3.0,
"C": 2.0,
"D": 1.0,
"F": 0
};
var getGrade = function() {
input1 = document.form.input1.value;
input2 = document.form.input2.value;
input3 = document.form.input3.value;
input4 = document.form.input4.value;
document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = ((gradeValues[input1] + gradeValues[input2] + gradeValues[input3] + gradeValues[input4]) / 4) + " is your GPA";
};