# \[Solved\] How to sum all of item in simple list?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-how-to-sum-all-of-item-in-simple-list/3115534>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** beginner, help\
**Created:** [July 27, 2024, 8:42am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-how-to-sum-all-of-item-in-simple-list/3115534 "2024-07-27T08:42:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![manyone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@manyone](https://community.thunkable.com/u/manyone)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-how-to-sum-all-of-item-in-simple-list/3115534/3 "2024-07-28T06:47:14Z")

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note the highlghted block below it shows how to convert a number in text form (we know it’s in text form because it came from a text input field) to a true number (internally) using the trick of adding zero to it.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/c/6/c6afee80f2e9cdee783972ca5c4f5d198aab0da8.png)

and the result  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/6/e6713a78a3d55683bf0e93c0a1dacdc7ca0c3dca.png)

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