Why is the minimum of integers a float-formatted String?

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When solving a task from the tutorial, I encountered the following behaviour. The generation of a macro via generate macro --> statistics --> min generates a string in float format from a line of integer values. Why is the result not an integer again, but has to be converted via generate macro.

The upper part of the example (in the illustration) may be ignored. That was only part of the tutorial.

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MartinLiebig

Hi,

Macros are always strings. Extract Macro uses some default format for the conversion to string which includes the .0 in it. I think the tutorial just works around this .

You can also just use Extact Macro (Format) of operator toolbox, which allows you to specifically define your integer format.

Cheers,

Martin