Dag Hansteen wrote: > How do I this ? I have a string with a such expression and I want to > return the answer in a variable. Use eval, but use it wisely. -- __ Erik Max Francis && max at alcyone.com && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ / \ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis \__/ Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. -- Oscar Wilde