# Math not working... var a:Number=1; a+1 = 11?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-not-working-var-a-number-1-a-1-11/176618>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 25, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-not-working-var-a-number-1-a-1-11/176618 "2006-01-25T15:39:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-not-working-var-a-number-1-a-1-11/176618/1 "2006-01-25T15:39:23Z")

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dbInfo is pulling totalRecords from a url encoded string.

in this case dbInfo.totalRecords = 12

I used totalRec to ensure that it is a number and not a string.

so using math, totalRect + 1 would be 13.

but instead, flash is returning 121

so it’s attaching a 1 to the end of the number(12), not adding it.

var totalRec:Number = dbInfo.totalRecords;  
for (d=1; d\<int(totalRec+1); d++) {

}

anyone ever expeirence this?