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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Anti-Spam Code: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Andrewdst[/i] [br]Origin Ver. 2016 pro and Service Release 2 Operating System: Win 7 Why does origin not type out a negative number as witnessed below (random value as an example). peakval= 2.856; type $(peakval); peakval= -2.856; ///// negative value type $(peakval); peakval= 2.856; type $(peakval); peakval= 2.856; type "$(peakval)"; peakval= -2.856; ///// negative value type "$(peakval)"; 2.856 2.856 2.856 -2.856 Clearly works if we treat the variable like a string. But treating it as a numeric variable, why does it type the value when the numeric variable is a positive value but not when its a negative value? just wondering thanks [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.