# Another Convert Text to Number solution

**URL:** <https://community.triggre.com/t/another-convert-text-to-number-solution/829>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 12, 2024, 8:46am UTC](https://community.triggre.com/t/another-convert-text-to-number-solution/829 "2024-11-12T08:46:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kenneth.seraus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@kenneth.seraus](https://community.triggre.com/u/kenneth.seraus)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 8:46am UTC](https://community.triggre.com/t/another-convert-text-to-number-solution/829/1 "2024-11-12T08:46:53Z")

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Hi guys,

A while back I used the Text to number solution that is suggested in the following link:

> [@Converting Text to number](https://community.triggre.com/t/converting-text-to-number/684):
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> Hi, When calling an API using a connection I get a string back. I want to convert this string to a number, since i need to do calculations with this number. I´ve read multiple posts on the forum about using an automation flow to convert this, but I still don´t fully understand how it works. Right now I store the strings that I want to use in a data item, but when i try to convert them using an automation flow → webAPI then I can’t use data item as input. So my question is, when converting u…

But it doesn’t seem to work anymore. Do you have any other ideas or suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Jochem](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.triggre.com/jochem/32/91_2.png) [@Jochem](https://community.triggre.com/u/Jochem)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.triggre.com/t/another-convert-text-to-number-solution/829/2 "2024-11-12T12:25:08Z")

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Did you by any chance change the custom domain name?