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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Do you get what happened? Me neither. I mean I know what, just not why. The input value is being treated as a string, not a numeric value. So if the object starts at 22 and you input 5 into the text field, it [b]concatenates[/b] the two numbers, instead of adding them: object's x becomes 225! on the first loop instead of 27. How did I figure this out? My friend trace(); Using the Number() function is a hack. I'm sure there is a cleaner, better way. I just haven't figured it out yet, and Number() works, so go for it! Loading...
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