Question: Maplet output

How can I get a Maplet to output a simple real number? What I'm trying to write simply asks for a real number, which will then be used in a worksheet after the Maplet is called. A better question might be, How can I extract a number from a string? Since Maplets appear to output ["123.456"] -- How can I assign the 123.456 to a variable? Thanks, Shannon
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