# Trying to add number from Text Input

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** beginner\
**Created:** [June 7, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-add-number-from-text-input/600837 "2020-06-07T21:27:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-add-number-from-text-input/600837/2 "2020-06-08T06:32:06Z")

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NaN - not a number. This means that you are not trying to add numbers, but strings. If you add 1 + 1, it will be 2, and if “1” + 1 or " 1 " + “1”, it will be NaN. How do I add “1” + “1”? To do this, you need to convert a number in string form to a number, for example, using the addition block with 0.

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