1+2=12 ????

[zecarioca]

Hi

Although ive been learning flash+actionscript for some time now , this is a total newbie question , i came across this error in a a fla i was doing and just cant unserstand it.

I have 2 input text boxes , 1st one has variable a ,2nd has variable b.
I have a dynamic text box , variable is c.
I have a button with the following code:

on (release) {
c=a+b;
}

when i run the movie , if i put something like 1 in the first input and 2 in the secont ,instead of 1+2=3 i get 1+2 = 12.
It is working as the variables were strings.Why?

But , if i change the "+" with "-" or "*" or "/" it will work perfectly and treat the variables as numbers , it just wont do that with the "+".

Ive attached the fla file so you can see it better.
I hope some of you can help me please

Thanks.

[Jeff Lange]

I've never used actionscript, but are there any variable type casting statements?

[zing]

strange.. i've never had that problem before.. but to get around it, simply add Number() around the vars i.e.:

c = Number(a) + Number(b);

zing

[aaron.martone]

zecarioca,

The reason why 1 + 2 = 12 is called "Concatenation" Input text is treated and seen as text, or string, until you tell it otherwise.

Zing's idea of Number(a) and Number(b) will work fine for you since it's converting the data to true integers, thus allowing the mathematical operation of addition.

[Jeff Lange]

Yeah, that's what I was getting at .

That's the reason PHP uses the period for string concatenation, because of it's automatic type conversion. I guess Number(variable) is the correct method.