# How to search for a number and just get a number?

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**Category:** Grasshopper\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [March 17, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-search-for-a-number-and-just-get-a-number/120587 "2021-03-17T13:36:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![joshward2410](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/joshward2410/32/635445_2.png) [@joshward2410](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/joshward2410)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-search-for-a-number-and-just-get-a-number/120587/1 "2021-03-17T13:36:28Z")

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I feel like this is a stupid question but how do you search for a number and not get a slider but just a number?

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**Author:** ![Rickson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/rickson/32/690545_2.png) [@Rickson](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Rickson)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-search-for-a-number-and-just-get-a-number/120587/2 "2021-03-17T13:41:32Z")

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if you type in //0\>10 you will get a slider from 0 to 10 that outputs a number (10.0), put an integer component after.

or just search //10 or "10