diff --git a/Operand.cpp b/Operand.cpp
index 8916ab6..d2bd0b5 100644
--- a/Operand.cpp
+++ b/Operand.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ namespace jet {
 	   throw coreutils::Exception("Expecting ) at end of TRIM expression.");	 	 	 
       } else if(in.ifNextIgnoreCase("TOUPPER")) {
 	 
+
       } else if(in.ifNextIgnoreCase("TOLOWER")) {
 	 
       } else if(in.ifNextIgnoreCase("REVERSE")) {
@@ -94,7 +95,13 @@ namespace jet {
       } else if(in.ifNextIgnoreCase("CONCAT")) {
 	 
       } else if(in.ifNextIgnoreCase("INTEGER")) {
-	 
+	 if(!in.ifNext("("))
+	   throw coreutils::Exception("Expecting ( for INTEGER parameters.");
+	 Operand parm1(in, tag);
+	 if(in.ifNext(")")) {
+	    string = parm1.string.asInteger();
+	 } else
+	   throw coreutils::Exception("Expecting ) at end of INTEGER expression.");	 	 	 	 
       } else if(in.ifNextIgnoreCase("ROUND")) {
 	 
       } else if(in.ifNextIgnoreCase("RANDOM")) {
diff --git a/__jet.cpp b/__jet.cpp
index a48553f..f6e85cd 100644
--- a/__jet.cpp
+++ b/__jet.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ namespace jet {
    __jet::__jet(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &parentOut, Global &global, Tag *parent, Tag *local) : Tag(in, parentOut, global, parent, this) {
       if(keywordDefined("cgi") && (resolveKeyword("cgi") == "true")) {
 	 global.cgi = true;
-
 	 char *cookies = getenv("HTTP_COOKIE");
 	 std::cout << cookies << std::endl;
 	 
diff --git a/tests/testexpr.jet b/tests/testexpr.jet
index 3cc7da4..15a5e21 100755
--- a/tests/testexpr.jet
+++ b/tests/testexpr.jet
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ $[lefty]=01234
 $[righty]=56789
 <set name="trim" expr="trim('     this is a test      ')" />
 $[trim]=this is a test
+<set name="integer" expr="integer(12430.54356546)" />
+$[integer]=12430
 </jet>
diff --git a/tests/testvar.jet b/tests/testvar.jet
index ba457b0..89c02b4 100755
--- a/tests/testvar.jet
+++ b/tests/testvar.jet
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@ $[var$[i$[letterx]]$[i$[letterx]]]
 $[ix]
 <set name="ix" expr="$[ix]+1" />
 $[ix]
+<set name="test64" value="this is a test" />
+$[test64;tobase64]
 </jet>