I haven't tried it but couldn't you just go with the following?
<CFSET temp = 7/8>
<CFOUTPUT>temp = #temp#</CFOUTPUT>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Che Vilnonis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:26 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Is there another way to write this???
>
>
> <cfset temp = "7/8">
> <cfoutput>temp = #Evaluate(temp)#</cfoutput>
>
> so that the result is .875 vs. 7/8 ???
>
> Ch� Vilnonis
> Application Developer
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