Hi! We spoke earlier about the problem with ec in Val (source, x, ec) function, and Frank said it will be fixed in next release (it's exhibited again in '12#11invalid'). Consider the following second problem that `Val' returns '0' if he finds more than one non-digit character in `source' string. If there's only one or zero erroneous digits at the end of number, `Val' converts the number to `x'. 1. Does Borland Pascal do teh same, or is it a GPC bug? 2. Is the base prefix a GNU Pascal extension, or is it present in BP too (relevant for docs page)? 3. Val ('$100000000, x, ec) gives x := 0; ec := 0; There seem to be no indication of overflow error in this case. Thanks, Mirsad program val; uses GPC; var i, ec: Integer; s : String; begin repeat ReadLn (s); Val (s, i, ec); WriteLn (i, ' ', ec); until i = 1000 end. bash-2.05b$ gpc --automake val.pas val.pas:4: warning: missing string capacity -- assuming 255 bash-2.05b$ a.out 12#11 13 0 12#11invalid 0 7 16#ffffg 65535 8 12#11c 13 6 12#11i 13 6 12#11in 0 7 12#11cc 0 7 $ffff 65535 0 $ffffg 65535 6 $ffffgg 0 7 $ffffffff -1 0 16#ffffffff -1 0 $100000000 0 0 -- "I have a dream!" -- Martin Luther King Jr.