Floyd #1 Blitz can read these strings and convert them to numbers.The e format is not a problem.Open in online IDE Data "X: 1.56462e-006" , "Y: -1.9" , "Z: 8.34981 " For n = 1 To 3 Read t$ x# = Mid( t, Instr( t, ":" ) + 1 ) Print 1000 * x Next WaitKey