btn.addEventListener("click", updateResult);
function updateResult(){

  chked = document.querySelectorAll('input[type="checkbox"]:checked').length;
  array = [];
  var checkboxes = document.querySelectorAll('input[type=checkbox]:checked')

  for (var i = 0; i < checkboxes.length; i++) {
    array.push(checkboxes[i].value)
  }
  sum = 0;
  for (var e = 0; e < array.length; e++) {
    sum += Number(array[e]);
  }
  total = sum + chked;

  if (total < 7) {
    result = "Low";
  } 
  else if (total > 14) {
    result = "High";
  } 
  else {
    result = "Moderate";
  }
  document.getElementById("p").innerHTML = "";
  document.getElementById("p").textContent += total + " " + result;
}

<input type="checkbox" value="5"/> Value (5)
<br/>
<input type="checkbox" value="2"/> Value (2)
<br/>
<input type="checkbox" value="2.5"/> Value (2.5)
<br/>
<input type="checkbox" value="38"/> Value (38)
<br/>
<input type="checkbox" value="7.5"/> Value (7.5)
<br/>
<input type="checkbox" value="2.3"/> Value (2.3)
<br/><br/>
<button Id="btn">Update</button>
<br/>
<p id="p"></p>

I have a form where I am taking the sum of the total number of boxes checked plus the total value associated with the checked box. The values frequently have decimals (ie 2.5).

I am developing this on a Elementor for WP form using html for the checkbox list and Javascript to generate the result. The result does show correctly on the actual page; however, when the result is emailed out it keeps defaulting to the else statement.

I tried using parseFloat on the <> comparison with no change in the outcome. I'm not super versed in JS and at a complete loss at this point, any help is greatly appreciated.

chked = document.querySelectorAll('input[type="checkbox"]:checked').length;
array = [];
var checkboxes = document.querySelectorAll('input[type=checkbox]:checked')

for (var i = 0; i < checkboxes.length; i++) {
  array.push(checkboxes[i].value)
}
  sum = 0;
  for (var e = 0; e < array.length; e++) {
    sum += Number(array[e]);
  }
  total = sum + chked;
  result = " ";
  if(total < 7)
  {
     result = "Low";
  }
  else if(total > 14)
  {
     result = "High";
  }
  else {
    result = "Moderate";
  }
  return result;