I'm trying to do some "complex" math where I need to call upon some of JavaScript's Math properties to solve the quadratic equation. Does the following method work?
root = Math.pow(inputb,2) - 4 * inputa * inputc;
root1 = (-inputb + Math.sqrt(root))/2*inputa;
root2 = (-inputb - Math.sqrt(root))/2*inputa;
Does this look correct?
For some reason, I'm not seeing correct results..
inputa, inputb, and inputc are all variables which store user-input from a text field by the way.
FULL CODE
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Quadratic Root Finder</title>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
window.onload = function() {
$('.error').hide();
document.getElementById('quadraticcalculate').onclick = function calculateQuad()
{
var inputa = document.getElementById('variablea').value;
var inputb = document.getElementById('variableb').value;
var inputc = document.getElementById('variablec').value;
inputa = new Number(inputa); // try to convert to number
if (isNaN(inputa)) { // use built in method to check for NaN
$('#quadraticaerror').show();
return;
}
inputb = new Number(inputb); // try to convert to number
if (isNaN(inputb)) { // use built in method to check for NaN
$('#quadraticberror').show();
return;
}
inputc = new Number(inputc); // try to convert to number
if (isNaN(inputc)) { // use built in method to check for NaN
$('#quadraticcerror').show();
return;
}
root = Math.pow(inputb,2) - 4 * inputa * inputc;
root1 = (-inputb + Math.sqrt(root))/(2*inputa);
root2 = (-inputb - Math.sqrt(root))/(2*inputa);
document.getElementById('root1').value = root1;
document.getElementById('root2').value = root2;
if(root<'0')
{
document.getElementById('root1').value = 'No real solution'
document.getElementById('root2').value = 'No real solution'
}
else {
if(root=='0')
{
document.getElementById('root1').value = root1
document.getElementById('root2').value = 'No Second Answer'
}
else {
document.getElementById('root1').value = root1
document.getElementById('root2').value = root1
}
}
};
document.getElementById('quadraticerase').onclick = function()
{
document.getElementById('quadraticform').reset();
$('.error').hide();
}
document.getElementById('cubicerase').onclick = function()
{
document.getElementById('cubicform').reset();
$('.error').hide();
}
}
</script>
<style>
div.#wrapper
{
text-align: center;
}
.error
{
color: #FF0000;
}</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="quadratic">
<form id="quadraticform">
<h1>Quadratic</h1>
a:<input id="variablea" value="" type="text">
<br/>
b:<input id="variableb" value="" type="text">
<br />
c:<input id="variablec" value="" type="text">
<br />
<input id="quadraticcalculate" value="Calculate!" type="button">
<input id="quadraticerase" value="Clear" type="button">
<br />
<br />
Roots:
<br />
<input id="root1" type="text" readonly>
<br />
<input id="root2" type="text" readonly>
<p id="quadraticaerror" class="error">Error: Variable a is not a valid integer!</p>
<br />
<p id="quadraticberror" class="error">Error: Variable b is not a valid integer!</p>
<br />
<p id="quadraticcerror" class="error">Error: Variable c is not a valid integer!</p>
</form>
</div>
<div id="cubic">
<form id="cubicform">
<h1>Cubic</h1>
a:<input id="variablea" value="" type="text">
<br/>
b:<input id="variableb" value="" type="text">
<br />
c:<input id="variablec" value="" type="text">
<br />
d:<input id="variabled" value="" type="text">
<br />
<input id="cubiccalculate" value="Calculate!" type="button">
<input id="cubicerase" value="Clear" type="button">
<br />
<br />
Roots:
<br />
<input id="root1" type="text" readonly>
<br />
<input id="root2" type="text" readonly>
<p id="cubicaerror" class="error">Error: Variable a is not a valid integer!</p>
<br />
<p id="cubicberror" class="error">Error: Variable b is not a valid integer!</p>
<br />
<p id="cubiccerror" class="error">Error: Variable c is not a valid integer!</p>
<br />
<p id="cubicderror" class="error">Error: Variable d is not a valid integer!</p>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>