"Emile van Sebille" <emile at fenx.com> wrote in message news:9ihg33$irjha$1 at ID-11957.news.dfncis.de... > Does it bother anyone that > > a *= 3 + 4 > > returns a different value from > > a = a * 3 + 4 > > ?? > Two words: operator precedence. regards Steve -- http://www.holdenweb.com/