[ANSWERED] Number to text?

[jtoenjes]

Whatever happened to the Number to Text actor? It's not in my Isadora 3.0 install.

[bonemap]

@jtoenjes

hi,

I believe the idea is to use the Javascript actor for that. the only thing you need to do is open it and delete the '+1' from the 'return' line so it looks like this:

function main()
{
return arguments[0];
}

best wishes

Russell

[jfg]

@jtoenjes

but you can find a "Value to Text" actor

best

Jean-François 

[jtoenjes]

@bonemap thanks, I wonder why this outputs a string rather than an integer?

[jtoenjes]

@jfg Thanks!

[DusX]

@jtoenjes said:

I wonder why this outputs a string rather than an integer?

 It can do both (well actually Float or Text) since the output of the Javascript actor is Mutable, it will convert the type to the type fo the connected actor.
This is hugely useful for Text to Number, and Number to Text operations.

[jtoenjes]

@dusx I didn't know that...thanks.