diff --git a/OscCommentMacroListener.py b/OscCommentMacroListener.py
index d2480fd..7062fc0 100644
--- a/OscCommentMacroListener.py
+++ b/OscCommentMacroListener.py
@@ -23,13 +23,6 @@ from CommentMacroListener import CommentMacroListener
 logger = logging.getLogger("CommentMacro")
 
 
-def num(s):
-    try:
-        return int(s)
-    except ValueError:
-        return float(s)
-
-
 # https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jszheng/py3antlr4book/master/bin/pygrun
 # this is a python version of TestRig
 def beautify_lisp_string(in_string):
@@ -91,7 +84,11 @@ class OscCommentMacroListener(CommentMacroListener):
         ctx.parentCtx.targets.extend(ctx.targets)   # add to parent targets
 
     def exitNumber(self, ctx: CommentMacroParser.NumberContext):
-        ctx.value = num(ctx.getText())
+        try:
+            ctx.value = int(ctx.getText())
+        except ValueError:
+            ctx.value = float(ctx.getText())
+
         if isinstance(ctx.parentCtx, CommentMacroParser.TargetContext):
             ctx.parentCtx.targets.append(ctx.value)
         else: