> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.hiredata.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Number > The number field in a HireData form, with minimum, maximum, and step settings, and the full set of comparison operators in conditional logic. Number takes a plain number: years of experience, hours a week, how many of something. It is one of only two types logic can compare, which makes it the field to reach for when a rule has to weigh an answer rather than match it. It sits in the **Numeric** group of the **Add Content** palette. ## Settings The card carries the [settings every field shares](/reference/forms/overview#settings-every-field-shares). Number adds four of its own. * **Placeholder**, up to 255 characters, shown in the empty box. * **Minimum Value** and **Maximum Value**, the ends of the range you accept. * **Steps**, the size of one step. Set it to 1 to insist on whole numbers. The messages a respondent sees when an answer falls outside the range sit under **Validation** in [Languages and translations](/reference/forms/overview#localization), as **Min Number** and **Max Number**. A Number field card showing Question, Description, Image, Placeholder, Minimum Value, Maximum Value, Steps, the auto reply, the three evaluator switches with Criteria and Scoring on, and a footer reading Optional ## What it stores A number. ## Logic operators | Operator | Matches when | | --------------------------- | -------------------------------- | | has response | the respondent answered at all | | is equal to | the answer is exactly the value | | is not equal to | the answer is anything else | | is greater than | the answer is above the value | | is less than | the answer is below the value | | is greater than or equal to | the answer is the value or above | | is less than or equal to | the answer is the value or below | The Logic tab with the operator picker open on a Number condition, listing has response, is equal to, is not equal to, and the four comparison operators A required Number field blocks the answer 0. **Next** does nothing and no message appears. Until the fix ships, set a **Minimum Value** of 1 on any required Number field, so 0 is refused with a message the respondent can read. ## Evaluation Switch **Criteria**, **Scoring**, or **Skills** on for the form in the [Evaluation tab](/reference/forms/evaluation/overview) and each one gets a switch on this card. Number suits **Scoring** better than any other type. A threshold gives full points, a lower one gives some, and everything below gives none, all from the value itself. ## Related * [Form builder overview](/reference/forms/overview) covers the builder, the shared settings, and every field type. * [Logic](/reference/forms/logic) covers the operators, the branching patterns, and what to check when a rule does not fire. * [Currency](/reference/forms/fields/currency) is the same field with a symbol on it. * [Net Promoter Score and Opinion Scale](/reference/forms/fields/net-promoter-score-and-opinion-scale) is a number the respondent picks off a scale. ## Related topics - [Modifiers](/variables/modifiers.md) - [Phone Number](/reference/forms/fields/phone-number.md) - [Buy a phone number from Numero for your WhatsApp account](/apps/messaging/whatsapp/buy-a-phone-number-from-numero-for-your-whatsapp-account.md) - [Using a WhatsApp Business number after API connection](/apps/messaging/whatsapp/can-a-user-manually-use-their-whatsapp-business-number-after-connecting-it-via-api.md) - [Combined fields explained: how HireData picks a value](/apps/carerix/combined-fields-explained.md)