I want to enter a string that looks like a number such as 1.0 in a class property "version". If I enter it as 1.0 (without quotes) the class treats it as a numeric so I have to do str(obj.version) to get it to text. But then I may need "1.0" so I need str(obj.version,3,1)... or I might need "1" so str(obj.version,3,1) won't work. I can enter "1.0" in the class property but then sometext="Version: " + obj.version shows 'Version: "1.0"' What is the best way around this? Do I have to enter it as "1.0" in the class then strtran the quotes out whenever I need it?