no no no... not in hex, I'm not insane! hehe well... No, I meant instead of assuming that the string input was decimal assume that it is hex. I don't really need a routine for that, I have one, its just not very pretty, thats all. mental block I guess. --awwaiid Retupmoc7@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com