Also, if you don't want stdio for some reason and can't use *printf to convert to ASCII, there's ecvt(), fcvt(), and gcvt() (which are, of course, what printf uses internally). -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci (301) 454-7690 UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris at umcp-cs ARPA: chris at maryland