# \[Solved\] Convert number to text

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-convert-number-to-text/389546>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** solved\
**Created:** [January 2, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-convert-number-to-text/389546 "2020-01-02T21:42:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![townythunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@townythunk](https://community.thunkable.com/u/townythunk)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-convert-number-to-text/389546/1 "2020-01-02T21:42:33Z")

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I am trying to use the following: Does “abc” contain “b”.  
my “abc” is a list of NUMBERS and so I am trying this:  
Does “abc” contain 9  
Is there a simple way to do this ?  
PS: Does “abc” contain “9” works as “9” is a text  
but  
Does “abc” contain 9 doesn’t work as 9 is not a text

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**Author:** ![davidsobhysabetb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@davidsobhysabetb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/davidsobhysabetb)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-convert-number-to-text/389546/2 "2020-01-02T23:27:34Z")

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Try to join your variable with a blank text ‘’ ‘’ to a new variable , it will be changed automatically .

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**Author:** ![townythunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@townythunk](https://community.thunkable.com/u/townythunk)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-convert-number-to-text/389546/3 "2020-01-02T23:29:51Z")

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thx - I did just that  
except I used Join and had my NUMBER 9 as the only ITEM. (weird without the quotes - but it worked)

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**Author:** ![davidsobhysabetb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@davidsobhysabetb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/davidsobhysabetb)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-convert-number-to-text/389546/4 "2020-01-02T23:37:55Z")

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Welcome 👍

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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Escobar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/carlos_escobar/32/32404_2.png) [@Carlos\_Escobar](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Carlos_Escobar)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-convert-number-to-text/389546/5 "2020-10-11T04:34:22Z")

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Thank you guys.  
Do you know iff is possible to do the opposite? Convert a number in txt format to a number that I can make mathematical calculations with?

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**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-convert-number-to-text/389546/6 "2020-10-11T12:04:13Z")

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Yes, that shouldn’t be a problem to accomplish!

Put the numeric value text into a math block and watch the magic happen

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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Escobar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/carlos_escobar/32/32404_2.png) [@Carlos\_Escobar](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Carlos_Escobar)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-convert-number-to-text/389546/7 "2020-10-11T13:51:14Z")

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Thank you so much, it worked 🙂

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-convert-number-to-text/389546/8 "2024-11-08T11:46:13Z")

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