I thought that * indicated exponential powers -- not ^. e.g. 16 ** .5 would equal 4. -- This message was sent through the gnu-cobol mailing list. To remove yourself from this mailing list, send a message to gnu-cobol@acm.cs.umr.edu with the words "unsubscribe gnu-cobol" in the message body. For more information on the GNU COBOL project, send mail to gnu-cobol-owner@acm.cs.umr.edu.