Assign Statement in Flows Have No Type - So How Do I Do Maths?

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I’m wanting to do lots of maths in flows, and have intermediate values stored using the Assign statement.

However Assign has no type, so am I to assume it is text? Or is it type agnostic? If I assign a numeric value to it, will I need to do a .toNumber() each time I use it in an assignment afterwards?

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Hi Antony,
You can see the value types in the console by using dmx.app.data

So if you add a string, the value type will be string:

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If you add a number, then it will be a numeric value:

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Thanks @teodor!

So when you say “if you add a string”, do you mean “if you assign a string”?

So if I assign:

  • 1+2 then the variable becomes a number
  • “Hello” then the variable becomes a string

… like automatically?

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If you enter text this is a string:

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If you enter a number, then it will be a number.

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