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Hi, I want the Text node to give out frames in this order: 0001 0002 etc and when it hits 10, it should must show 0010 and when it hits 100 - 0100 so it must always stay in the 4 digit pattern
So I'm typing an expression in the Styled Text as this:

Text( iff( time<10,"000"..time,"00"..time) )

but it doesn't work.. neither this one: iff(time<10, Text("000"..time, Text("00"..time))

How would be the right way?

The right way would in this case be: use the timecode modifier like this

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{
   Tools = ordered() {
      Text1 = TextPlus {
         CtrlWZoom = false,
         Inputs = {
            Width = Input { Value = 1920, },
            Height = Input { Value = 1080, },
            ["Gamut.SLogVersion"] = Input { Value = FuID { "SLog2", }, },
            Font = Input { Value = "Arial", },
            StyledText = Input {
               SourceOp = "TimeCode1",
               Source = "Time",
            },
            Style = Input { Value = "Bold", },
            ManualFontKerningPlacement = Input {
               Value = StyledText {
                  Array = {
                  },
                  Value = "",
               },
            },
            ShadingGradient1 = Input {
               Value = Gradient {
                  Colors = {
                     [0] = { 0, 0, 0, 1, },
                     [1] = { 1, 1, 1, 1, },
                  },
               },
            },
            RenderToDPTFile = Input { Disabled = true, },
            DPTType = Input { Disabled = true, },
            DPTResolution = Input { Disabled = true, },
         },
         ViewInfo = OperatorInfo { Pos = { 55, 16.5, }, },
      },
      TimeCode1 = TimeCode {
         CtrlWZoom = false,
         Inputs = {
            Hrs = Input { Value = 0, },
            Mins = Input { Value = 0, },
            Secs = Input { Value = 0, },
            PadDigits = Input { Value = 4, },
         },
      },
   },
   ActiveTool = "Text1",
}

Cool! Thanks:)

Still... Interesting enough how to make the output text react to conditions, with iff or it's not working for text like that?

Honestly I have no idea. I almost never use expressions or scripting in Fusion. There are lots of things possible though.

The Expressions are pretty much based on Lua scripting.
So in the Text+ something like

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Text(string.format("%04d", time))

works just fine.

Cheers.

Eric.

Great! Thank you!

Guys, I've found what was wrong with this string of code:
Text( iff( time<10,"000"..time,"00"..time) )

I'm wondering why Fusion veterans haven't pointed this mistake right away...

well it's the documentation that confused me. there is "iff" mentioned in there not "iif" cause the right way is "iif"

so if you paste this code to styled text expression it'll work:

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Text( iif( time<10,"000"..time,"00"..time) )