Jeff Woods ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : But if you are working with floating point values, one should perform a : summation of many values (in this case the total of the value of the digits) : beginning with the smallest values and adding in the largest value last in : order to minimize the accumulation of rounding error in the final result. You are correct sir! I asked the IPF math lib guru and he agreed. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *