total distance and time for all waypoints in google maps v3

Question

I have the following code for directions from google maps apiv3. This part is working good. If i have waypoints in my trip, at the top of each trip, it is showing the time a

Answer 1

This is not a number:

totaldistance = totaldistance + route.legs[i].distance.text;

This works to give me the total distance in km:

 totaldistance = totaldistance + route.legs[i].distance.value;

working example