Yes. x = 50.0 HTH -- Emile van Sebille emile at fenx.com --------- "Buzz B." <kraydl at hotmail.com> wrote in message news:630035fe.0108030836.3a27647 at posting.google.com... > Excuse the rookie question: > > x=50 > x/100 results in 0 instead of .5 > > Now I can do: > y = float(x)/100 to get the correct answer > > Is there a way to predefine x as a floating?