Confusion with number strings Topic is solved

[slimpickens]

Why is this blank, I thought ahk treated number strings as numbers in this case?

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oldCount = 1,234,000 
newCount = 1234500
change := newCount - oldCount ; empty

[kon]

Hey, try this:

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var := "1,234,000"  ; Note the non-digit characters (',')
MsgBox % var + 0

var := "1234000"
MsgBox % var + 0

HTH

[jeeswg]

Could be good:

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q::
oldCount = 1,234,000
newCount = 1234500
oldCount := StrReplace(oldCount, ",")
MsgBox, % change := newCount - oldCount
return

w::
oldCount = 1,234,000
newCount = 1234500
MsgBox, % change := newCount - StrReplace(oldCount, ",")
return

[slimpickens]

Could be good:

Nice one, this made me realise that the google sheets api I used defaults to formatted values, I changed it to unformatted and I don't need to convert it in ahk anymore.