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tvz@zandtwerk.Princeton.EDU writes:

>Here is a macro for fixed point addition.

>USAGE \FPadd{num1}{num2}\cs

>This sets \cs to num1+num2.

>Rules:

>  num1 and num2 should have the same number of digits to the
>    right of the decimal. (Exception: if num1 is an integer,
>    decimal not needed.)
>  num1 and num2 should have at least one digit to the left
>    of the decimal (e.g., 0)
>  num1 and num2 can have at most 8 digits on each side of the
>    decimal.
>  Negative numbers are OK.

>DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY BETTER IDEAS? IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF
>WORK FOR SOMETHING SO SIMPLE!!
What do you need it for? why not use TeXs builtin variables?
If you want some sort of fixed point, try dimen variables.