Cannot convert number literal to typeorg.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.DecimalType

Setup, Configuration and Use Scripts & Rules
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Log:
Rule ‘Test Rule’: An error occured during the script execution: Cannot convert number literal to typeorg.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.DecimalType

Rule Statements:
var ThresholdBlowTemp = new DecimalType()
ThresholdBlowTemp = 70
sendMail("xxx@gmail.com", “ALERT:Temp Timer Ecobee Greater than or equal to”, "Laundry_Temperature: " + Laundry_Temperature.state + "\nCurrentTemp: " + weather_forecasts0_temperature.state + "\nDesiredCool: " + runtime_desiredCool.state + "\nThreshold Temp: " + ThresholdBlowTemp.state + " ")

Also tried removing .state from the ThresholdBlowTemp and that doesn’t work either.

What am i missing here?

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This is a variable

Variables don’t have .state, that is for OH Items.
Numeric variables won’t fit into a string without some work, though.
So -

...Temp: " + ThresholdBlowTemp.toString + " ")
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Thanks.
Am I even assigning variables correctly?
Still can’t get it working; i ran a test rule with just this:

var testBlowTemp = new DecimalType()
testBlowTemp = 70
sendMail("xxx@gmail.com", “test”, “test”)

I never get the email; if i comment out the var and assignment lines and retry, the email is sent out.
It seems like I dont understand how to assign values?

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This seems to have solved the “test” issue:
var Number testBlowTemp = new DecimalType()

Now, I’ll go apply this to the original problem.