Hello there,
is it intended behavior/am I doing something wrong, that even with the type attribute for an input-box set to number, the variable will still be considered a string on javascript side once set to a value via the input box?
This of course results in the + operator behaving differently when performing calculations with javascript (see the example in the picture). While obvious in this case, as other operators will dynamically cast to int or float just fine and the default values work as intended before being changed by the variable input, it took more time than I'm willing to admit for me to understand, that this was the reason my annotation lines would sometimes not show up for my histogram.
Here the Yaml-code for the example:
metadata:
key: variable-input-test
template: false
name: Variable Input test
allowAdvancedFilters: true
variables:
- id: Value1
name: Value1
defaultValue: 1
type: NUMBER
- id: Value2
name: Value2
defaultValue: 1
type: NUMBER
layout:
rows:
- id: MainRow
growHeight: true
columns:
- id: InputColumn
layout:
rows:
- id: Value1InputRow
columns:
- id: Value1InputColumn
componentId: Value1InputBox
size: "1"
order: 0
order: 100
- id: Value2InputRow
columns:
- id: Value2InputColumn
componentId: Value2InputBox
size: "1"
order: 0
order: 200
size: "1"
order: 50
- id: MainContentColumn
componentId: text-box-ba2824cd-d084-41b1-9c4f-64ebf080ed4d
size: "5"
type: default
order: 100
order: 100
components:
- id: Value1InputBox
type: input-box
settings:
name: Value1
placeholderText: ${Value1}
type: number
onChange:
update:
variables:
- name: Value1
- id: Value2InputBox
type: input-box
settings:
name: Value2
type: number
placeholderText: ${Value2}
onChange:
update:
variables:
- name: Value2
- id: text-box-ba2824cd-d084-41b1-9c4f-64ebf080ed4d
type: text-box
settings:
title: ""
content: The "Math" of string addition says that ${Value1} + ${Value2} =
${Value1 + Value2}. The type of Value1 is ${typeof(Value1)}, the type of
Value2 is ${typeof(Value2)}.
Kind regards,
Joshua
