How do I multiply Percent by a number using Javascript?

I don't want to multiply two separate variables, I want to multiply the percent (0.5%) by the number entered in the "" box.

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Instead of doing


var n1 = document.getElementById('n1').value;

use


var n1 = parseFloat(document.getElementById('n1').value);

That way you can immediately work with floats all the way. If you later need to round the values you can use


var n1 = Math.round(n1);

You can create a function that converts numbers to percents to make the code read more nicely:


function percent(val)
{
    return val / 100;
}
console.log('5% of 500 is: ' + 500 * percent(5));

Output:


5% of 500 is: 25

parseFloat(element.value) * 0.005

@MrEconomical would it be formated

Sorry for the bother im new to coding. Appreciate the reply!

@Larosario no, by element I mean the DOM element


element = document.getElementById("yourid")
console.log(parseFloat(element.value) * 0.005)