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Issue to convert Text to number

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Posted on by CU10021347-0

Hi, I have a question.

I'm trying to implement a streaming video flow using Power Automate Desktop, but I'm having trouble converting text to numbers. PAD always treats the expression as a string instead of a number. I'm not sure how to resolve this.

For example: Video length = 10 min, Duration = 1h. I want to run the video for an hour and calculate the count.

 

Convert text to number doesn't work if we use the expression  eg: Sum= [] + [] or [] / [] 

please assist if anyone has and idea?
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    JS-10021830-0 4 on at
    I am not sure whether the values you have only numerical, or there are strings / spaces or anything like that. Clean the values first, and make sure there are no extra characters or extra spaces.


    plus you should wrap the values within int().

    Try this, I had the same issue earlier 

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