Symbology: Arcade returning numbers actually returns them as text.

[AlfredBaldenweck]

Pro 3.1.3

When symbolizing by an Arcade Expression, the values are always text, even when explicitly told to return a number.

In this example, I have a Short Integer field called "Hmm".

If I symbolize by it directly, the symbol classes are sorted numerically

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However, if I go into the Arcade Editor and input 

Number($feature.Hmm)

It will sort the output as if it is Text.

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I've noticed that it applies the color scheme in the correct order (e.g. 10 is always red), but the classes are sorted incorrectly.

Please change this behaviour.

[ClayDonaldsonSWCA]

I would suggest using leading 00s as workaround How To: Add Leading Zeroes to Labels in ArcGIS Pro.
But I agree, it would be nice to have something like this supported or even in the GUI:

return {"type":number, "value":Number($feature.Hmm)}

[CraigWilliams]

Unique values are always stored as strings, but we're sorting numerically for number fields which is why the behavior is different. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

[TanuHoque]

The issue is resolved in ArcGIS Pro 3.6. Thank you all for your valuable feedback.

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