Numeric drop down menu

Dear Gurus,
I am clearly being simple and missing something here, despite a trawl of the help pages.
I have a 1 D array of numeric values. I want to create and update a drop down menu so a user can select a numeric value, a bit like a combo box, but with numeric data in there. No labels, just numbers. The array has a variable length.
Is there any way to do this without converting the numbers to strings and shoving it into a combo box? I've been struggling and failing with the Menu Ring
Paul
Message Edited by Manc Pablo on 08-12-2008 10:02 AM
"When I read about the horrors of drinking, I gave up reading"

You're confusing the value of the ring with the string being displayed. The string is what the user sees in the dropdown. The value is what gets returned to the program. Thus, you need to convert the array of numbers to a string so you can set the strings that are displayed to the user. All rings work this way.
Note: You can wire the array of numerics to the "Values[]" property node. This will generate a list of items with "<>" characters around your numbers. Normally this indicates a value that has no corresponding display string. The "Values[]" property node is also considered a private property, not generally intended for normal use.

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