# How to check if text input is a number?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-check-if-text-input-is-a-number/482221>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [February 24, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-check-if-text-input-is-a-number/482221 "2020-02-24T16:50:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-check-if-text-input-is-a-number/482221/3 "2020-02-24T17:14:50Z")

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Hey @bramgrooten

As a work-around you can multiply your input by 1 to “sanitise” the user data like this:

 ![Screenshot 2020-02-24 at 16.54.48](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/5/459840feb661201b3109bac4fdf50c643083df5d.png)

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