>It returns 2002.00. how do i truncate everything after the decimal
It usually shouldn't matter, at least for calculations. However, you can use
int(val(NumberStoredAsCharacter)).
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
