Allowed coercions

String

list with one item

integer to real

real to integer (unless real has a fractional part)

Syntax

set theNumber to 25 as number

Description

number is a synonym for real or integer. However, the class for a number with a decimal point will be a real, and the same goes for a whole number (its class will be integer). Here are some illustrations of this:

theNum is of class integer

Set theNum to 25 as number

theNum is of class real

Set theNum to 25.1 as number

In other words, the number data type can be used in AppleScript, but its actual class will be either integer or real.