Using a Numeric Variable in AppleScript

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I'm trying to use a variable generated from "Prompt with List", let's say first item on the list returns a variable of "1" which I have saved to variable "colorName".

I am then passing this variable to an AppleScript to click a UI element named 'button 1'. However AS returns the error 'can't get button "1"', and what I need is for it to process as 'button 1', not button "1".

How do I remove the quotes from the variable that was passed to AS from KM?

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Could you post the AppleScript itself so we can see where the issue might be?

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All of Keyboard Maestro's variables are text, so when you pass one to AppleScript its class is text.

The solution is to set it to integer – similarly to this:

tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
   set myIntegerVar to getvariable "someVar" as integer
end tell
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My apologies for the delay -- I was on the road away from computer. Thank you both for the reply and ccstone I will try your solution first!

Thanks again

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