Picking SpriteFont objects by Text instance var

Something that I thought would be trivial has taken me some trouble to work out. I have a number of SpriteFont objects in a layout and I'm trying to set their text individually. I have a Text instance variable in my SpriteFont object called something like WhatTextIsThis and setting each instance to "score1", "score2" or similar. When I try and pick an instance by evaluating SpriteFont.WhatTextIsThis = "score1" (for example) I get no objects picked. I tried lots of things and finally decided to use a simple numbering scheme, which worked immediately. What would be the problem with using Text in this case? I double checked that I'm comparing the correct text. Thanks.

Not sure what the problem is but using text works so you have overlooked something.

Did you add the instance variable as a "string" since "score1" is not a number if you use =score1 and add the instance variable as a number it won't be equal.

A version working using "score1" as a variable.

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Thanks for that. Yes definitely a Text instance variable, just double checked. I'll check your sample and post back if and when I work out what I've done wrong. BTW as a test I changed the evaluation to use <> instead of = and *all* instances were picked.

Edit: Ok looking closer at your sample, I noticed that you don't have quotes around your text in the initial values. To me it was intuitive to use quotes as it's a string, but anyway! Thanks for helping me see this.

Edit 2: And also I had a redundant 'pick by evaluate' condition instead of a simple Compare Instance Variable condition.

Just a final note.. The Construct editor puts an initial value of "" for Text instance variables, which is obviously misleading and should probably be removed.