damn, just a +.... that was easy..  I ended up splitting the numbers in two fields, but it was somewhat awkward,,,   for next time, then. 
thanks,,

adrian

On 9/21/06, hard off <hard.off@gmail.com> wrote:
aaargh, i had a problem with this a few weeks ago, cos i had pd open,
and got a phone number from my friend, so i just typed it in as a
comment in my patch and saved it.

next day i opened the patch so i could get my friend's number and it
was 832457e-6 or whatever.  i ended up walking the streets of
amsterdam all night cos of that.