Kefa Ngunjiri

//run this in https://dartpad.dev
void main() {
  //I'm assuming you saved the data in this form
  var myGift = {"value": 1};
  print(myGift);
  //so I'm also seeing a problem here where value is not being accessed properly
  //it should be '${myGift["value"]}'instead of '${'myGift[value]'}';
  var amount = '${myGift["value"]}';
  print(amount);
  print(amount.runtimeType);
//so now that we got it as a proper string, time to convert
  var num = int.parse(amount);
  print(num.runtimeType);
//some operations
  var result = 1 + num;
  print(result);
  print("however what happens if you put a float instead?");
  var myGift2 = {"value": 1.25};
  print(myGift2);
  var amount2 = '${myGift2["value"]}';
  print(amount2);
  print(amount2.runtimeType);
  var num2 = int.parse(amount);
  print(num2);
  print("as you can see it gets truncated");
}