How do you convert integer to string in lua?

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#1

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  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    I essentially want to put a % symbol before a numbervalue.
  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    I don’t know how to because I have 1 month of experience and somehow havent found an answer.
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    Yes, I’ve tried
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How would I convert an integer into a string
#2

If you want to convert a interger to a string, you could use tostring()

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#3

Can you give me an example on this?

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#4

You can combine a % symbol with the NumberValue number like so:

Percent = "%" .. tostring(NumberValue.Value) --use the .. operator to combine the two values
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#5

Here’s an example:

local number = 9
local string = tostring(number)

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#6

Ahhh ok I got it and also same for Eduardo’s example

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#7

What the function looks like

// LuaGlobal
string tostring(Variant e);
/*
Receives an argument of any type and converts it to a string in a reasonable format. 
For complete control of how numbers are converted, use string.format. 
If the metatable of e has a __tostring metamethod, then it will be called with e as the only argument and will return the result.
*/

An example

local x = 1
print(typeof(x)) -- int
x = tostring(x)
print(typeof(x)) -- string
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#8

Ok thanks (30 Characters needed)