integers and strings…

[Dan Ebberts]

Two ways:

myString = “” + myVariable;

or,

myString = myVariable.toString();

Dan

[Danny Princz]

thanks dan as always.

i tried both ways but im still getting NAN showing up

any idea what im doign wrong?

var myComp = app.project.activeItem; // active Comp
var redTeamScore = myComp.layer(“red score”);
var redScore = redTeamScore.text.sourceText;
var currTime = redTeamScore.time;
var redScoreInt = parseInt(redScore);
var newRedScoreInt = (redScoreInt+1)
var newRedScore = “” + newRedScoreInt();

redTeamScore.text.sourceText.setValueAtTime(currTime,newRedScore);

[Dan Ebberts]

I can see a few errors. Try this:

var myComp = app.project.activeItem; // active Comp
var redTeamScore = myComp.layer(“red score”);
var redScore = redTeamScore.sourceText.value.text;
var currTime = redTeamScore.time;
var redScoreInt = parseInt(redScore);
var newRedScoreInt = (redScoreInt+1)
var newRedScore = “” + newRedScoreInt;

redTeamScore.sourceText.setValueAtTime(currTime,newRedScore);

Dan

[Danny Princz]

thanks again

so why do i need to add the .value where in an expression i can reference the value w/o it?

thanks

[Dan Ebberts]

Hard to say. I’m sure the Adobe engineers did their best to make the syntax consistent, but there are some differences.

Dan

[Danny Princz]

aha

and i thought there was some good reason behind it :-/

thanks again for all your help

you’ve helped me make this project a whole lot more pleasant!