# Number entry vs choice entry
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/number-entry-vs-choice-entry/48144
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [August 30, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/number-entry-vs-choice-entry/48144 "2022-08-30T14:48:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/number-entry-vs-choice-entry/48144/1 "2022-08-30T14:48:06Z")
The Number entry is realtime, is there a way to use the choice compont realtime as well? I need people to choose from 16 different numbers and give them realtime feedback.
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/number-entry-vs-choice-entry/48144/2 "2022-08-30T14:57:58Z")
What exactly do you mean by real time?
Do you mean that you can take the value entered and do something with it and show a result on the screen?
Also, what is the context here? Is this inside a form screen (add or edit), or a details screen?
Anyway, just reading between the lines - my guess is that you need to be writing the value to a user specific column. And yes, you could use a choice component.
If my guess is off, then you need to provide more information 🙂
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### Author:  [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/number-entry-vs-choice-entry/48144/3 "2022-08-30T15:10:36Z")
It’s a medical calculator. People need to choose volume (2400 / 2300 \> 500) and time (24 / 23 \> 5) and then the simple calculation volume/time and a warning if that is more than 125.
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/number-entry-vs-choice-entry/48144/4 "2022-08-30T15:19:01Z")
So this is inside a form screen?
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### Author:  [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/number-entry-vs-choice-entry/48144/5 "2022-08-30T15:23:07Z")
I was looking at a template where the calculator was the home screen. So no form. The calculation was happening real time with the changing numbers. I did like that. But I could use a form too of course.
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/number-entry-vs-choice-entry/48144/6 "2022-08-30T15:31:27Z")
It would have to be in a detail screen. It won’t work in a form.
I don’t see any reason why a choice component shouldn’t work. It shouldn’t be any different than a number entry. Can you show how the choice component is configured?
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### Author:  [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/number-entry-vs-choice-entry/48144/7 "2022-08-30T16:49:36Z")
Ah sorted, works now, don’t know what I did wrong!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/number-entry-vs-choice-entry/48144/8 "2022-08-31T16:49:55Z")
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