# Numeric Label/Display

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-label-display/62000>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [July 18, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-label-display/62000 "2022-07-18T12:39:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![CMuecke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@CMuecke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CMuecke)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-label-display/62000/1 "2022-07-18T12:39:55Z")

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Is there anything in the components that is just a display for numeric values other than the LED display?

If I use Label, it causes issues down the road because it is a text not a value.

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-label-display/62000/2 "2022-07-18T12:48:24Z")

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> [@CMuecke](#):
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> causes issues down the road because it is a text not a value

you should not use labels as variables, so it should never matter what type it is.

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**Author:** ![CMuecke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@CMuecke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CMuecke)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-label-display/62000/3 "2022-07-18T12:53:30Z")

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What would be a good way to approach this?

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-label-display/62000/4 "2022-07-18T12:55:22Z")

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reuse the source where you got the number from, instead of using the label props.value as source

im guessing you are looking for a work around for the “numeric entry bug” you posted earlier?

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**Author:** ![CMuecke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@CMuecke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CMuecke)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-label-display/62000/5 "2022-07-18T13:00:02Z")

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If it is truly a bug, I can mess around with the transforms and see if that gets me further. Right now, just trying to make the displays look “right”.

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-label-display/62000/6 "2022-07-18T13:02:17Z")

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Is it just to display, or do you allow user input?  
you can use a format transform on the binding to the label or a numberFormat in the expression if you use expressionbinding

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**Author:** ![CMuecke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@CMuecke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CMuecke)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-label-display/62000/7 "2022-07-18T15:02:53Z")

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Just a display.