number value to string and vice versa

rowerowe71

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#182938301Wednesday, February 03, 2016 6:12 PM GMT

how would i convert a number value to a string and a string to a number value i always forget stuff like this :(

ElectoStriking

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#182938414Wednesday, February 03, 2016 6:15 PM GMT

tostring(13398) tonumber("Hello")

rowerowe71

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#182938437Wednesday, February 03, 2016 6:16 PM GMT

oh duh thanks

LegendaryAccount

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#182938441Wednesday, February 03, 2016 6:16 PM GMT

String = "1" realnum = tonumber(String) String = tostring(realnumber)

LegendaryAccount

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#182938468Wednesday, February 03, 2016 6:17 PM GMT

electro tonumber does not work like that

ParadigmaticAnon

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#182940482Wednesday, February 03, 2016 7:16 PM GMT

"electro tonumber does not work like that" It likely would have been better to explain that "tonumber()" will return "nil" for numerically-invalid characters.