thanks for the detailed reply, i wish i understood it 
so if i have a float, all i seem to be doing with the count number is dividing it?
and do i convert the "string" to an val? or dec, so lcd.write ("feet,VAL,metre,VAL1); ?
it seems i cant get around the math behind this? or the logic of how n it works,
i know this seems a bit of a pain especially since you gave such a detailed answer but would you be able to explain it? briefly is fine, I just dont how dividing it so many times yields a conversion?
thankyou 
its cool if you cant, it its late to be fair,thanks