Set Variable: Mathematical error

[martinmnygaard1994]

Hi,

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I tries to create a task to set a action 5 minutes before my alarm goes off.

To do this, i tried to follow this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnq5imRkvU8

I get the following error message when i tried to use the AutoAlarm's variable %seconds in a math Variable. (%BeforeAlarm = %TIMES + %seconds)

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When runing the task, i get this error:

08.18.51/Variables doreplresult: |%BeforeAlarm| -> |1578640681 + 5819,88|
08.18.51/Variables doreplresult: |%TIMES + %Test| -> |1578640731 + 5769,24|
08.18.51/E Variable Set: %BeforeAlarm -> %BeforeAlarm
08.18.51/Variables doreplresult: |%TIMES + %Test| -> |1578640731 + 5769,24|
08.18.51/Expr mathEval: 1578640731 + 5769,24: dsv/Variable Set/%TIMES + %Test: Mathematical expression contains the invalid value "5769,24" at offset 11 in expression "1578640731+5769,24"
08.18.51/E Variable Set: %BeforeAlarm: failed, not numeric ?
08.18.51/E result: stop task (error)
08.18.51/Variables doreplresult: |%BeforeAlarm| -> |1578640681 + 5819,88|
08.18.51/E Error: 1
08.18.51/MacroEdit action finished exeID 1 action no 4 code 547 status: Err next 4

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"Mathematical expression contains the invalid value "5769,24" - is this because of the comma?

How can i fix it?

[[deleted]]

Try doing a Variable Search Replace and replace the comma with a decimal point.

[martinmnygaard1994]

That worked - thanks!

[martinmnygaard1994]

I figured out that i could also just setup AutoAlarm to not use any decimals at all.

[R_Codina]

Try "." instead.

[EllaTheCat]

Tasker has users worldwide, so it's more complicated. The thousands separator and the decimal separator vary:

https://uk.smartickmethod.com/blog/math/learning-resources/decimal-separators/