Jerry Fochtman commands: >Esteem Colleagues -- and then writes: >I ran across an interesting situation the other day when using the CI to >help perform some simple calculations. Consider the following: > > :SETVAR total 216340.17+61300.00+39800.00 > :SHOWVAR total > TOTAL = 317440.1562500 > >I can appreciate that CI wouldn't necessarily know what precision to >display the data. However, if this is rounded to 2 places, it would be >317440.16 .... when it should be 317440.17... You need to do :SETVAR HPFPPENTIUM FALSE. The default has been TRUE since 5.0 Pull, the first release after the HP/Intel joint venture was announced; this is part of the migration strategy. When I do what you did (cutting and pasting from your email), I get: M5(7):SETVAR total 216340.17+61300.00+39800.00 ^ Unexpected character found in number. (CIERR 9810) I get this on 5.0 Push. I don't know what OS you're running, but it's different from mine! The symptom you're seeing can be explained if the CI is doing fixed-point math with fractions, using five or six bits for the fractional part. -- Bruce --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Toback Tel: (602) 996-8601| My candle burns at both ends; OPT, Inc. (800) 858-4507| It will not last the night; 11801 N. Tatum Blvd. Ste. 142 | But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - Phoenix AZ 85028 | It gives a lovely light. [log in to unmask] | -- Edna St. Vincent Millay