Sorry, forgot to add, if the value you are displaying is a byte value (or general power of 2) then that makes the maths very easy, and you know, it would really help me if I actually read what you wrote (which I just did, halfway through that sentence). The maths for your project are *very* easy, and you don't need 1/2 cell characters. Of course, I knew that, and I was um, merely expanding on the problem in case, er, others wanted to do a similar thing Andy -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body