# Add numbers

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/add-numbers/209797>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 12, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/add-numbers/209797 "2006-12-12T14:43:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![bl4ck1c3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@bl4ck1c3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bl4ck1c3)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/add-numbers/209797/1 "2006-12-12T14:43:55Z")

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i have a text box with a number, and then i want to add another number, i named the text var number

```auto
on (release) {
 number = number + 3
}

```

let’s imagine that the text box have the number 2, when i press the button i get 23 and not 5, because it just add a number in front of the one that was already there, and not 2+3=5

some help ??