Gunnar,

>the following is a JavaScript line

>1 * (3*0.868976241903*1.852e+15)
>
>which returns:
>4,828,032,000,013,069

>i always thought that "e+(-)" is the exponent function which in Vfp6 is writen as follows

>1 * (3*0.868976241903*1.852^15)
>
>but this returns:
>26961.49021013183

>the results don't match. i can write it the same way in vfp as in JavaScript (e+) it returns the correct result. but i am not sure if this is the correct way of doing this.

because you told VFP to take 1.852 and raise it to the 15th power which is a different number than 1.852e15 which is 1.852 x 10^15

>
>how do you write this in Vfp?

1 * (3*0.868976241903*1.852e+15)