# When I use \[for each item\] to extract a value, I don't get the first value right away

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [January 15, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/when-i-use-for-each-item-to-extract-a-value-i-dont-get-the-first-value-right-away/409894 "2020-01-15T18:52:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/when-i-use-for-each-item-to-extract-a-value-i-dont-get-the-first-value-right-away/409894/4 "2020-01-15T20:14:16Z")

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You can either change your list to text strings (“1” and “2” and “3”) or you can join the integer values with an empty string (""):

![Screen Shot 2020-01-15 at 12.02.58 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/3/a/3a99dc56aabac1d25f6fa4d5661c58d71a4a4552.png)

This method is discussed [here](http://community.thunkable.com/t/convert-number-to-text/389546/2).

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