# Troubles turning unicode into float **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [February 12, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/troubles-turning-unicode-into-float/102256 "2025-02-12T16:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![ryan.white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan.white/32/73193_2.png) [@ryan.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryan.white)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/troubles-turning-unicode-into-float/102256/2 "2025-02-12T16:49:42Z")
Post code, not pictures of code, see [Wiki - how to post code on this forum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wiki-how-to-post-code-on-this-forum/77831). It makes it faster/easier for others to test your code and provide solutions. You can edit your post by clicking the edit icon (pencil icon) on the bottom right of your post. Moving on from that, it appears that some of your values are returning blank strings? Add something to catch when the values are blank strings and either supply a default value or null. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/troubles-turning-unicode-into-float/102256)._