[Math] How To Make A Variable Into A Decimal

Hello Pros!
I want to be able to turn x into 1.x but simply x = 1.x doesn't work, it gives the error 'For input string: "1.x"'. How can I make this work? I am pretty familiar with lua and CC so no need to "dumb it down" too much ;)/>

Thank you,
ikon106

Either convert it into a string, concatenate it with "1." and then turn the result into a number:

function toDecimal(num)
    return tonumber("1." .. tostring(num))
end

or use log10 and some maths:

function toDecimal(num)
    return num / (10 ^ (math.floor(math.log10(num)) + 1)) + 1
end

LBPHacker, on 08 October 2013 - 09:47 AM said:

Either convert it into a string, concatenate it with "1." and then turn the result into a number:

function toDecimal(num)
	return tonumber("1." .. tostring(num))
end

Thank you, is (num) x in my case? Or should I just copypaste exactly what you wrote?

You may use it like this:

x = toDecimal(2)

this will set x as 1.2

Wouldn't this work?

base = 1
deci = 2
x = base + deci / 10
print(x) --> 1.2

Kingdaro, on 08 October 2013 - 12:36 PM said:

-snip-

It would if deci had only one digit.

Thank you LBPHacker and Mark332 for the answers. It worked ;D