# Using runScript

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-runscript/81391>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision\
**Created:** [November 2, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-runscript/81391 "2023-11-02T15:41:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Why\_Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Why\_Me](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Why_Me)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-runscript/81391/1 "2023-11-02T15:41:42Z")

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How do i format this to get the int output?

toInt(runScript("len(system.alarm.queryStatus(state='AlarmAcked')"))

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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-runscript/81391/2 "2023-11-02T15:44:36Z")

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Maybe one of these system tags instead?

 ![SCR-20231102-jusv](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/d/3d65885ba6bc455ec30aec82917a638ff9d6f4d3.png)