There's alyaws "times roman something", where something corresponds to
- I = 1 - X = 10 - C = 100 - M = 1000 So the "times" only tells you how many zeros to add to result. Mojca PS: Arthur will implement the parser to also accept roman numbers as a valid answer. ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________