basically a conversion turns something into something else
for example, you cant add an integer and a real together, eventhough they are both numbers...
so instead of going:
Trigger:
Actions
Set Real[1] = Real[1] + Integer
you do this
Trigger:
Actions
Set Real[1] = Real[1] + Real(Integer)
which converts the integer variable into a real number, real numbers are capable of having decimals (ie: 1.50, 3.21), integers arent (ie: 1, 2, 3)
with conversions you can turn an integer into a real, or string, etc and visa-versa (reals with decimals changed into integers just take off the decimal (ie: 1.99 - > 1)
I'm on a page about incorrect corrections, and spent the better part of like two hours trying to get someone to understand that -5^2 = -25, not 25, and then that post had comments get reposted because that group is self sustaining, and that person was in turn trying to explain what I just explained to them. And I'm taking that as a victory