# Text to number in math

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-to-number-in-math/86565>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [March 5, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-to-number-in-math/86565 "2026-03-05T11:00:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Halumarau](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/halumarau/32/21601_2.png) [@Halumarau](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Halumarau)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-to-number-in-math/86565/1 "2026-03-05T11:00:06Z")

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I want to avoid using text to number as it get 1 update, my users would be a lot, therefore I did math text to number, I got an array on number still in text and try to use math to get to numbers, but when I get to the value replacement, I could not find the array name colum. Please can anyone help, I need it ASAP

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-to-number-in-math/86565/2 "2026-03-05T23:22:49Z")

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What do you mean by “math text to number”? If you have an array as the result, I think you must convert it to a string by a joined list column first.

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**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 7:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-to-number-in-math/86565/3 "2026-03-06T07:11:59Z")

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> [@Halumarau](#):
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> I want to avoid using text to number as it get 1 update

Can you write your number to a number-type column and text to a text-type column?