I haven't seen too many floating point discussions here, but anyone who wants to understand floating point should read this: http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html (Posted by Philip Semanchuk on c.l.py) -- Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "....Normal is what cuts off your sixth finger and your tail..." --Siobhan