Numeric variable limitation?

[jose maria]

Is there any limitation to numeric variables?.

I am trying to assign values above 10 to a variable but when I put 11 the variable returns 0, 12 is 1, 13 is 2...etc

[Hopki]

Hi,
Can you explain how you are entering in the numbers?
Which actions are you using?
Regards,

[jose maria]

I created a numeric variable.

Then I created buttons. The buttons assign numeric values with the following action:
Mouse click
Set variable value
Set(=)
Value 3, 4, 5... 50...etc

When the values are between 0 and 10 it works fine.
When the value assigned is 11 or higher the variable takes values from 0 to 10 again... 11 is 0, 12 is 1, 13 is 2... etc 50 is 6 ??. Seems like the only aceptable values for numeric variables are between 0 and 10.

I changed the type of variable from numeric to text and then works perfectly fine. The problem appears with numeric variables

[Hopki]

Hi Jose,
I'm not seeing this.
As a test, I set a number variable, default 0.
I then added three buttons that set the value to, 10, 20 and 21.
I also added a text box to display the value in the variable, this displays ok.

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Can you make a simple skin that shows your issue?
Regards,

[jose maria]

I have found the problem.
One of the 9 buttons has two actions:

The first one adds 1 to the numeric value.
The second one was:

Variable Changed
varNumber
set variable value
varNumber
Mod(%)
11

The problem was that this action was executed when any button was pressed, so when the variable reaches 10 it resets to 0.
I did not expect this action to be executed when other buttons were pressed.

I have created a simple skin as an example.
Buttons 1 and 2 assign a numeric value.
Button 3 adds 1 and resets to 0 after 3
Button 10 assigns the value 10, but it returns 2

[Hopki]

Hi,
Button three has the source Mouse click AND a Variable Changed!
So when you click button 10, this changes the variable so the variable change is also activated.

So you set 10, then the Modulo action "Mod(%)", with its Variable changes is resetting the number

1,2,3,0,1,2,3,0,1,2

So 10 becomes 2.

Regards,

[jose maria]

Yes, button 3 is mouse click AND variable change , and it is behaving as OR. Because button 3 is not being clicked.

I thought that the mouse click action was restricted to the element that is being clicked, so a mouse click in button 10 shoud not trigger any action of button 3.

[Hopki]

Ok, lets work threw this.
What are the actions in button 3?

[jose maria]

Button 3 has two actions:

Mouse click, Set variable value, Add(+) 1, to varNumber (the variable)
AND
Variable Changed varNumber, Set variable Value varNumber Mod(%) 4

Button 10 has one action

Mouse click, Set variable value, Set(=) 10, to varNumber

What I do not understand is why if I click button 10, it activates the actions of button 3.
When I click button 10 it should set the variable value to 10. That is it.
What it does instead is to add 10 to the variable resetting it to 0 when it reaches 3
1, 2, 3, 0 ,1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2

I just want the Action "Variable Changed varNumber, Set variable Value varNumber Mod(%) 4" of button 3 to activate when I click button 3, not any other button.

There is some kind of interaction between buttons 3 and 10 that I do not see. And it happens with any other button I create with similar actions assigning variable values above Mod(%) 4

The skin attached in the previous message behaves like this

[Hopki]

Hi,
The action in button three does not require a click.
"Variable Changed varNumber, Set variable Value varNumber Mod(%) 4"

So when any button is clicked that changes the variable, the above action will be actioned because the Variable Changed.
Regards,