# Truncate number **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask a question\ **Created:** [June 14, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/truncate-number/693 "2020-06-14T13:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steve\_Marquis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Steve\_Marquis](https://community.parabola.io/u/Steve_Marquis)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/truncate-number/693/1 "2020-06-14T13:37:10Z")
Can I truncate a number? I am doing an age calculation and want to truncate the result. I did a number format (0 decimal places) but that seems to round up. For age, I don’t want to round up. Thanks, Steve ---
**Author:** ![andrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.parabola.io/andrew/32/36_2.png) [@andrew](https://community.parabola.io/u/andrew)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/truncate-number/693/2 "2020-06-15T06:00:22Z")
@Steve_Marquis – there might be a better way to do this, but you should be able to use the `Text Extract` step to solve this. You’ll want to find all text before the `.`. See below! ![Screenshot 2020-06-14 22.59.08](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/parabola/original/1X/f5c5011347019054428285f88a604d4cfdf72f24.png) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Marquis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Steve\_Marquis](https://community.parabola.io/u/Steve_Marquis)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/truncate-number/693/3 "2020-06-16T01:30:38Z")
That works. Thanks Andrew. ---
**Author:** ![andrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.parabola.io/andrew/32/36_2.png) [@andrew](https://community.parabola.io/u/andrew)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/truncate-number/693/4 "2020-06-16T02:05:01Z")
Awesome, glad to hear it!