hi, its a simple question but i am need the help. i have a value in the format xxx.yyyy (like 34.4567). now i want to get integer part xxx (like 34) separately in a variable and yyyy (like 4567) in another variable. how can i do it. please hepl me.. with thanks Sunit PHP Data object relational mapping generator - http://www.meta-language.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/