# Numeric Text Field - Display "Nothing" instead of 0

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-text-field-display-nothing-instead-of-0/27522>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 16, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-text-field-display-nothing-instead-of-0/27522 "2019-08-16T16:44:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neil\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Neil\_B](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Neil_B)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-text-field-display-nothing-instead-of-0/27522/1 "2019-08-16T16:44:47Z")

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Is there a way to format a numeric text field to display a blank or nothing when set to zero?  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/e/ece1e43ec352d8030a20f1ccad648ae8013bb671.png)

I’m using this to clear the client tag

```auto
value = u''
system.tag.write('[client]Form Data/CurUser', value)

```

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-text-field-display-nothing-instead-of-0/27522/2 "2019-08-16T17:23:36Z")

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Not on the numeric text field, no - but you could use a formatted text field with a numeric regex pattern, set to not allow invalid text:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/8/85374992e134447ad122f61c0eafe787524e0c1c.png)

Then you’ll probably want a custom property on the text field that turns the text property into an integer or long.