"Alex" <new_name at mit.edu> wrote in message news:etd4rsnchr3.fsf at pickled-herring.mit.edu... > > Sorry, I think it actually would. :) > > >>> 5/.1 > 50.0 > >>> > Damn the bad habits Fortran is responsible for. I've never written that number as anything other than 0.1, and assumed nobody else would, either. Thanks! regards Steve -- http://www.holdenweb.com/