Suggest adding Number-String conversions

[Wenjie Wu]

Are there Number-String conversions block? I did not find it.

I think the blocks may be useful, especially when dealing with external data (from web client)

[John Maloney]

It's possible, but not obvious.

Adding a string that represents a number to zero turns it into a number:

Joining a number with a string (including the empty string) makes it a string:

I will add functions to the Strings library to do those operations.

[Wenjie Wu]

Adding a string that represents a number to zero turns it into a number:

Yes, I'm currently using this solution too.

These operations seem common enough that it should be worth having intuitive blocks.

I will add functions to the Strings library to do those operations.

It is great!

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