Myles: > Ermm, fact correction : > not on the VB and VBA I have available to me. > > VB (admittedly v.4): > x = 1 \ 2 > MsgBox (x) > gives 0.5 Also in VBScript (on W2K): WScript.echo(1/2) displays "0.5". And QBasic PRINT 1/2 displays ".5" Neil