Not a Number error - conversion from string to number? - Beginners Questions

Not a Number error - conversion from string to number?

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Friday, November 2nd 2012, 5:09pm

Not a Number error - conversion from string to number?

i have this situation

set(var1, 5);

and then in action this

if (var1 != null, set(view.hlookat, var1));

Problem is that in debugging mode tracing hlookat says that its NaN??? How can i make my var1 a number?

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klaus.krpano

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Friday, November 2nd 2012, 6:25pm

Hi,

by calling:

	Source code
1	set(view.hlookat, var1)

you will set the 'view.hlookat' variable to the text 'var1', and because the view.hlookat variable is a Number variable the result will be NaN.

To set to view.hlookat to the content of 'var1', either call: