# Error with "in list find first occurrence of" block
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/error-with-in-list-find-first-occurrence-of-block/3547827
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** list
**Created:** [February 7, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/error-with-in-list-find-first-occurrence-of-block/3547827 "2025-02-07T15:17:47Z")
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### Author:  [@grant.mccallum](https://community.thunkable.com/u/grant.mccallum)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/error-with-in-list-find-first-occurrence-of-block/3547827/1 "2025-02-07T15:17:47Z")
Today I have encountered one of the most frustrating errors yet…
I have isolated the error to the below code blocks:
This should look for the integer “56400” in a list, if it finds it, it should call out the position of that number in that list.
Expected result: My debug label should read something like “56400 - 107881, 73000, 56400, , , , - 3”
Instead I get this:
Despite 56400 being RIGHT THERE in the list, it cannot seem to find it.
I’ve been grappling with this all morning. I tried to recreate it in another app and it worked perfectly so I really hope I have just done something stupid here and someone will (gently) point this out to me!
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### Author:  [@brianl](https://community.thunkable.com/u/brianl)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/error-with-in-list-find-first-occurrence-of-block/3547827/2 "2025-02-07T20:42:36Z")
The first entry looks like it is “56400 - 107881”, not “56400”. It has to be a perfect match.
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### Author:  [@grant.mccallum](https://community.thunkable.com/u/grant.mccallum)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/error-with-in-list-find-first-occurrence-of-block/3547827/3 "2025-02-07T21:10:41Z")
Hi Briani, thanks for the response. The first entry is in fact “56400” - look at the blocks.
The reason for the " - " is that I have set the label to display the entry it is searching for followed by the " - ", followed by the list, followed by the number of ties it has found that entry.
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/error-with-in-list-find-first-occurrence-of-block/3547827/4 "2025-02-07T22:01:41Z")
You’re right. You need to compare text to text. You’re comparing a number to a text string. Join the 56400 number to an empty string (“”) to convert it to a text string when assigning it to the variable. Even though it makes sense to our brains, 56400 ≠ “56400”.
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### Author:  [@grant.mccallum](https://community.thunkable.com/u/grant.mccallum)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/error-with-in-list-find-first-occurrence-of-block/3547827/5 "2025-02-07T23:57:43Z")
This worked, thanks tatiang!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/error-with-in-list-find-first-occurrence-of-block/3547827/6 "2025-05-08T23:58:12Z")
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