Text manipulation regex

[tuffno]

Hello.
I've made 3 variables.
Lat = decimal
Long = decimal
LatLong = String
I use Share Location to variable LatLong.
Content looks like this 48.484344343,15.434323523
I then use Text Manipulation to extract the first number into Lat. And the second number into Long.
Lat = [0-9]*\.[0-9]+
Long = [0-9]*\.[0-9]+$

When I do this they aren't stored as decimals but as Strings.
This means that I can't use the comparator > or < in an if clause because Strings can only use = != comparators.

So basically I would like to either change a Variable from String to Decimal or force the content stored in a variable to match the Variabletype I created in the first place.
Thanks for any assistans.

 

[Dm114]

Hello.
I've made 3 variables.
Lat = decimal
Long = decimal
LatLong = String
I use Share Location to variable LatLong.
Content looks like this 48.484344343,15.434323523
I then use Text Manipulation to extract the first number into Lat. And the second number into Long.
Lat = [0-9]*\.[0-9]+
Long = [0-9]*\.[0-9]+$

When I do this they aren't stored as decimals but as Strings.
This means that I can't use the comparator > or < in an if clause because Strings can only use = != comparators.

So basically I would like to either change a Variable from String to Decimal or force the content stored in a variable to match the Variabletype I created in the first place.
Thanks for any assistans.

Use 'set variable (decimal) > expression > [...] button > string variable value > select string variable'.

 

[tuffno]

Thanks for the tip. but I dont really understand what you mean.

 

[Dm114]

Thanks for the tip. but I dont really understand what you mean.

To convert a string variable to a numeric one, set/create a decimal (or integer) variable using the expression [strval=YOUR_STRING_VARIABLE_NAME] as shown in the screenshot above.

 

[tuffno]

I cant find the action Set dec.
When i create a var i cant choose expressions. Only type and name. I must be looking in the wrong place.

 

[Pseudocyclic]

I cant find the action Set dec.
When i create a var i cant choose expressions. Only type and name. I must be looking in the wrong place.

Look/search for the Set Variable action.

 

[tuffno]

This is what set variable looks like. Nothing like the screenshot dm114 showed.

 

[Pseudocyclic]

Keep going, you can't configure it until after you've created it.

 

[tuffno]

Gotcha. Thanks for the help guys. Much appriciated.