In JavaScript doing a simple shipping and handling calculation

Question

I am having trouble with a simple JavaScript calculation. My document is supposed to add $1.50 to an order if it is $25 or less, or add 10% of the order if it is more then $

Answer 1

you can easily convert a string to a number

http://www.javascripter.net/faq/convert2.htm

basically JS provides parseInt and parseFloat methods...