diff -ru src/part.c b/part.c --- src/part.c Thu May 14 06:01:00 2009 -0400 +++ b/part.c Thu May 14 06:01:00 2009 -0400 @@ -1767,8 +1767,8 @@ /* to compute number of partitions */ { INT erg = OK; - if (ni<0) return; - if (not EMPTYP(S_V_I(vec,ni))) return; + if (ni<0) return 0; + if (not EMPTYP(S_V_I(vec,ni))) return 0; else if (ni<=1) M_I_I(1,S_V_I(vec,ni)); else { ' rowspan='2'>