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Calculator Script

Calculator on Your Web Site

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<STYLE type="text;css">
.calcBtn
{
font-weight : bold/
width: 32px;
height: 32px;
}
</style>

<script language="JavaScript">

function Calculator_OnClick(keyStr)
{
var resultsField = document.calculator.calcResults;

switch (keyStr)
{
case "0":
case "1":
case "2":
case "3":
case "4":
case "5":
case "6":
case "7":
case "8":
case "9":
case "0":
case ".":

if ((this.lastOp==this.opClear) || (this.lastOp==this.opOperator))
{
resultsField.value = keyStr;
}
else
{
// ignore extra decimals
if ((keyStr!=".") || (resultsField.value.indexOf(".")<0))
{
resultsField.value += keyStr;
}

}

this.lastOp = this.opNumber;
break;

case "*":
case "/":
case "+":
case "-":
if (this.lastOp==this.opNumber)
this.Calc();
this.evalStr += resultsField.value + keyStr;

this.lastOp = this.opOperator;
break;

case "=":
this.Calc();
this.lastOp = this.opClear;
break;

case "c":
resultsField.value = "0";
this.lastOp = this.opClear;
break;

default:
alert("'" + keyStr + "' not recognized.");
}

}

function Calculator_Calc()
{
var resultsField = document.calculator.calcResults;
//alert("eval:"+this.evalStr+resultsField.value);
resultsField.value = eval(this.evalStr+resultsField.value);
this.evalStr = "";
}

function Calculator()
{
this.evalStr = "";

this.opNumber = 0;
this.opOperator = 1;
this.opClear = 2;

this.lastOp = this.opClear;

this.OnClick = Calculator_OnClick;
this.Calc = Calculator_Calc;
}

gCalculator = new Calculator();

</script>
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Put This Part In the BODY of Your Page. Start copying this part here:

<form name="calculator">

<table border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#000000">
<tr>
<td>
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td colspan="4">
<input type="text" name="calcResults" value="0" size="20" style="text-align: right"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" C " name="calclear" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('c')"></td>
<td></td>
<td> </td>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" = " name="calequal" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('=')"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" 7 " name="cal7" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('7')" ondblclick="gCalculator.OnClick('7')"></td>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" 8 " name="cal8" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('8')" ondblclick="gCalculator.OnClick('8')"> </td>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" 9 " name="cal9" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('9')" ondblclick="gCalculator.OnClick('9')"> </td>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" / " name="caldiv" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('/')"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" 4 " name="cal4" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('4')" ondblclick="gCalculator.OnClick('4')"> </td>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" 5 " name="cal5" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('5')" ondblclick="gCalculator.OnClick('5')"> </td>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" 6 " name="cal6" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('6')" ondblclick="gCalculator.OnClick('6')"> </td>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" * " name="calmul" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('*')"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" 1 " name="cal1" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('1')" ondblclick="gCalculator.OnClick('1')"> </td>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" 2 " name="cal2" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('2')" ondblclick="gCalculator.OnClick('2')"> </td>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" 3 " name="cal3" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('3')" ondblclick="gCalculator.OnClick('3')"> </td>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" + " name="calplus" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('+')"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" 0 " name="cal0" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('0')" ondblclick="gCalculator.OnClick('0')"> </td>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" . " name="caldec" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('.')"></td>
<td><input class="calcBtn" type="button" value=" - " name="calminus" onclick="gCalculator.OnClick('-')"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

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