this is obviously me not understanding what I need to do to satisfy the backend - im sure its obvious.
when I encounter this stuff, I usually do a clunky workaround, but I feel like id like to know the "right way" finally.
(edit: also returns anomalous/unreliable results with non-decimal integers - so if you imagine all this all without decimals, causes same issue - although sometimes, for some numbers it works)
in short, this code snip doesnt work correctly. were taking a value, like 12.5:1 in text/string form, dropping the ":1" of 12.5:1 part, attempting to move the 12.5 into a pre-defined real/float declared variable, add 0.1 to that (making it 12.6), and finally sending it along.
the rest works, but the math part is where the issue lies (doesnt produce "the number" + 0.1) - what dumb thing am I doing here?
How do you know which block is working, which one is not working?
Try to show the variable on one or two labels, before and after you try to change its value.
i know its part of converting the string to a number and then trying to do math with it.
its a common issue I encounter on app inventor and I usually just do an ugly workaround - in script this is fairly easy to overcome, but here I have struggled
that would help a lot - thanks for the heads up, didnt realize that existed.
now mine is greyed out on everything when i right click - is there something more I need to do to enable this function?
Taifun.