Wrong type when creating a variable

[MGMKLML (Georgiy)]

When I create a variable by the top menu button and choose “Number” (look at the screen) as the type it creates a variable of the “Generic Value” type. Is it normal?

[bartierc (Christophe Bartier)]

To avoid any confusion, you should change the type of the variable to Int32 manually by clicking on GeneralValue at the bottom.

[MGMKLML (Georgiy)]

Yeah that’s what I do but anyway it’s a strange thing

[hemal (Miss. hemal)]

Hi @MGMKLML,

It is normal. No strange thing in that. Because whenever you create a new variable as integer, then the Variable type will be generated as GenericValue but it is Integer, right! So the default value will be as 0 by default, unless you don’t change it. So it will work as Integer only.
Same as Date and Time variable. You can verify that too.

Regards,
Hemal

[MGMKLML (Georgiy)]

Thank you for your reply. What if I type, say, 1.24 as the default value? Will it behave like a double value or not?

[hemal (Miss. hemal)]

Yes. See, you have created a variable as integer that’s why default value will be as 0 (as it is integer value). If you change it to “ABC” then it will behave as a string. If you change the default value as double then it will behave as double only.

Hope you got it. You can do it practically.

Regards,
Hemal

[MGMKLML (Georgiy)]

Thank you. But I remember that when I created a GenericValue and filled it with an integer, some operators like “if” worked incorrectly, meaning it failed to properly compare different numbers.

[bartierc (Christophe Bartier)]

It is not “normal”. There is a button to create a Generic Value, using the Number button should create an Int32 and not a Generic Value, this is simply bad design.
As @MGMKLML states, using a Generic Value as an integer can bring problems.

[MGMKLML (Georgiy)]

@bartierc I feel like it’s a kind of bug that they will pay attention to and hopefully fix.

[bartierc (Christophe Bartier)]

100% agree

[lebravebiyo]

Hi,

I’m a new UIPath User and I’m practicing creating Genericvalue variables. When I create the drag the writeIn Activity, add the Concatenation A+B and attempting to create the variable at the bottom of the page. GenericValue is under scope instead of VariableTypes like in the demo.

Can anyone help please?

Thank you!