Mark, Why not use sprintf() with an arbitrary large number of decimals and then discard all but the 2 you want. I.e., format with 10 decimals and then drop the last 8. On 1/9/06, Mark Steudel <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am calculating things like tax and want to format them so they only have > 2 > digits past the decimal point. I've been using sprintf but just noticed > that > it tends to round up. I want the same functionlity without rounding. > > Thanks > > -- Gerry http://portal.danen.org/