Hi, all -- I would like to thank those of you who answered my query about taking a log in GNU c. The program was, indeed, as I had thought, correct, but the linker does not link the math libraries unless the -lm switch is present. Things now work fine. Pete Clapham Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio, 44115 Phone: [216] 687-4820 Fax: [216] 523-7175 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]