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AbbyMcTeer
Community Member
4 years ago

Trouble in Numeric Entry Variables and Sum

Trying to recreate a simulation of an excel calculator. I need multiple fields to add up to a sum and be able to be revised.  I figured out how to make it happen but now something weird is happeni...
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JoseTansengco
Staff
4 years ago

Hi Marcus, 

Thanks for sharing your project file with us!

I noticed that your slide had redundant triggers which were causing the entered value in the numeric entry field to double when activated.

I edited your project file to remove the redundant triggers, and this appears to have fixed the sum function of your slide. I've attached the edited version of your project file for your reference. For the edited version of your project file, you'll need to click out of the numeric entry fields in order to trigger the summation. 

Let me know if this works for you!

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    AbbyMcTeer
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Hey Joe, 
    Thanks for your help. 

    I appreciate that it works but I still don't understand why. The first trigger should set the typed value while the one you disabled should be adding that value to a different variable. Why does it do add Numeric Entry to VariableSum automatically?