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○What is JavaScript?○Your First JavaScript Code○Data Types○Type Checking○Inspect Values in the Console○Inspect the Queue Report○Trace a Faulty Calculation○Repair the Score Calculation✦Module Quiz
○Declaring Variables○let and const in Practice○Operators○Type Conversion●Group and Convert Expense Inputs○Calculate the Event Expense Total○Track a Changing Points Tally○Adjust a Ticket Price✦Module Quiz
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○Object Key-Value Pairs○Student Course Record○Object Methods and Destructuring○Map and Set Collections○Playlist Lookup○Number and BigInt Boundaries○Ticket Ledger○JSON○Math and Date○Date Basics○Demo: Supply Bin Audit○Exercise: Volunteer Shift Audit○Demo: Workshop Attendance Feed○Exercise: Parcel Scan Feed✦Module Quiz
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○Higher-Order Functions○Callbacks○map, filter, and reduce○Demo: Student Register with map○Challenge: Student Register○Recursion○Project - Data Transform Pipeline○Demo: Handle an Error-First Callback○Exercise: Report Seat Reservation Results○Demo: Summarize Completed Bike Rides○Exercise: Summarize Delivered Parcels✦Module Quiz
○Demo: A notebook object○OOP Introduction○Demo: Independent workshop passes○Classes○Demo: An inherited notice○Inheritance○Demo: A private seat counter○Encapsulation○Demo: Equipment desk checkout○Project: Library Checkout✦Module Quiz
○Demo: Callback Timing○Exercise: Asynchronous JavaScript○Demo: Promise Rehearsal○Exercise: Promises and Async Await○Demo: Offline API Coordination○Exercise: Async API Simulation○Demo: Partial Results Bulletin○Project: Resilient Awards Feed○Demo: Retry a Local Delivery○Project: Reliable Score Delivery✦Module Quiz

Group and Convert Expense Inputs

The travel desk sends prices as strings. Adding raw text can join digits rather than calculate a bill. Run the faulty version first:

javascript
const nightlyRate = "40";
const cleaningPerNight = "5";
console.log("raw add:", nightlyRate + cleaningPerNight);

405 is concatenated text, not a price. Convert each input, then group the per-night charges before multiplying. Add the one-time booking fee afterwards:

javascript
const nightlyRate = Number("40");
const cleaningPerNight = Number("5");
const nights = 2;
const bookingFee = Number("3");
const total = (nightlyRate + cleaningPerNight) * nights + bookingFee;
console.log("nightly:", nightlyRate + cleaningPerNight);
console.log("total:", total);

The parentheses matter: without them, only cleaning is multiplied. In the next exercise, apply this model to a different expense report.