# Is there a better way of doing this?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-of-doing-this/172274>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 12, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-of-doing-this/172274 "2005-12-12T22:45:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![bootiteq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@bootiteq](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bootiteq)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-of-doing-this/172274/1 "2005-12-12T22:45:56Z")

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[color=Red]NB: The Number I am after is 13 not 4[/color]  
a = 1;  
b = 3;  
myNumber = Number(String(a)+String(b));  
trace(myNumber); // = 13  
trace(typeof(myNumber)); // = Number