How to squish numbers together without adding them?

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#1

So I am trying to set a value for a number value. I have 3 numbers in my script but I don’t know how to put them together. I don’t want to add them but put them side by side.

Imagine my numbers were 1, 2, 3. I want to make it 123. But I want to add a dot like this, “1.23” to make one number and set it as the value for the number value.

Any ideas on how I might be able to achieve this problem?

#2

Well if it’s always three numbers, you could just
tonumber(tostring(num1).."."..tostring(num2)..tostring(num3))

It’s not the prettiest solution, but it is a solution nonetheless. You could generalize it to work with a table of numbers and a specific number of digits to place the decimal point after if you need that as well.

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#3

I have already tried that but it doesn’t change the value in the properties tab. That’s the value I want to change.

#4

ValueObject.Value = tonumber(num1.. num2.. num3)?

btw you don’t need to use tostring here

#5

what do you currently have in your script?

should work

#6

local maxtime = 10
local seconds = 0
local decisecond = 0
local centisecond = 0
local stopwatch = script.Parent
local button = script.Parent.Parent.StartButton
local score = stopwatch.Parent.Score

repeat
stopwatch.Text = tostring(seconds)…"."…tostring(decisecond)…tostring(centisecond)
wait()
centisecond += 3

if centisecond >= 10 then
decisecond += 1
centisecond -= 10
end

if decisecond >= 10 then
seconds += 1
decisecond -= 10
end

score.Value = tostring(seconds)…"."…tostring(decisecond)…tostring(centisecond)

until button.BackgroundColor3 == Color3.new(255, 0, 0) or seconds == maxtime

score.Value = score.Value - .03

print(score.Value)

This is my current script and line #28 is just to remove the delay.

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When I got to test it out the Value stays at 0 the whole time. I was thinking maybe it has something to do with what type of value I am using because right now I am using a number value.

I am making a stop watch that is activated by a button but I don’t think that matters. This script also gets disabled and undisabled.

#7

That didn’t work for me but you can go check out my current script. It’s further down.

#8

pretty sure this is the problem, you aren’t supposed to concatenate strings with ... but with ..

#9

Oh, I see, it just glitched out when I copy and pasted it in. lol :confused:

I am using … but it glitches when I blockquote it.

#10

Can you mark this post as resolved?

#11

No one has solved it yet. None of the ideas here do what I say.

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#12 
local numbers = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0}

local result = ""

for i,v in pairs(numbers) do
    if i == 1 then
        result = v.."."
    else
        result = result..v
    end
end

result = tonumber(result)

print(result)
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