# Adding numbers
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 10, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088 "2006-04-10T21:16:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Green](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Green)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088/1 "2006-04-10T21:16:52Z")
Hi
I need your help with following problems!!!
How to add numbers??
I have textfield with instance “field1” and two buttons with following script
onRelease = function(){
\_root.field.text =1;
}
how do I add the sum when second button clicked and not insert value 1 again?
I tried this way but didn`t work
onRelease = function(){
\_root.field.text =add.1;
}
thanks
green
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### Author:  [@nathan99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nathan99)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088/2 "2006-04-10T21:22:46Z")
[http://www.n99creations.com/?pID=tutorials&col=Blue&tut=basics\_of\_actionscript\_for\_flash&p=1&l=Flash\_MX\_04](http://www.n99creations.com/?pID=tutorials&col=Blue&tut=basics_of_actionscript_for_flash&p=1&l=Flash_MX_04)
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### Author:  [@Greggeh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Greggeh)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088/3 "2006-04-10T21:36:59Z")
onRelease = function(){
\_root.field.text += 1;
}
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### Author:  [@Green](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Green)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088/4 "2006-04-11T20:39:19Z")
hi greggeh
it gives 11
and here is the code
c1.onMouseDown = function() {
\_root.field.text += 1;
};
…maybe I didn`t specify my problem clearly…sorry for that
…
button1 holds a value of 1
button2 also hold the value of 1
…
when button1 is released…value one is inserted in textfield
now when button2 is released…the textfield should have value of 2
…adding the sum…from previous state.
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### Author:  [@nathan99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nathan99)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088/5 "2006-04-11T21:09:56Z")
best way would be like… on frame
```auto
field.text=myVar = 0;
c1.onPress = function(){
field.text=myVar+=1;
};
```
this is because when using the .text value(instance names), flash doesnt like adding, unless you use field.text++; but you should use += because then you can add not only one, when only adding one however, use ++ because it’s faster;)
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### Author:  [@Green](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Green)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088/6 "2006-04-11T23:18:17Z")
still not working:(
field.text = myVar=0;
c1.onMouseDown = function() {
field.text = myVar += 1;
trace (myVar);
};
// output 2…how come? when myVar set to 0 and adding 1 to it would be 1
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### Author:  [@icleric](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/icleric)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088/7 "2006-04-11T23:48:36Z")
just try onPress or onRelease instead of onMouseDown…
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### Author:  [@mprzybylski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mprzybylski)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088/8 "2006-04-12T00:02:41Z")
the text field stores it as a string, not a number. convert it to a number first then add.
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### Author:  [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088/9 "2006-04-12T00:10:53Z")
```auto
myVar=0;
//then set the text to myVar
field.text = myVar;
c1.onMouseDown = function() {
myVar++;
field.text = myVar;
trace (myVar);
};
```
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### Author:  [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088/10 "2006-04-12T00:33:22Z")
You don’t need the extra variable, just cast the string as a number like mprzybylski said:
```auto
field.text = 0;
c1.onPress = function():Void {
field.text = Number(field.text) + 1;
};
```
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### Author:  [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088/11 "2006-04-12T01:08:16Z")
:thumb: good point …
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### Author:  [@Green](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Green)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-numbers/185088/12 "2006-04-12T19:09:13Z")
finally…many thanks folks!