diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/velocity/DataTool.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/velocity/DataTool.java
index 81a2202e..650271d0 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/velocity/DataTool.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/velocity/DataTool.java
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ public class DataTool
         return (array == null) ? 0 : Array.getLength(array);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the numerator as a percentage of the denominator (100 * num /
+     * denom), handles 0/0 (returns 0), but will div0 on N/0 where N != 0.
+     */
+    public int percent (int num, int denom)
+    {
+        return (num == 0) ? 0 : 100 * num / denom;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Floating point divide.
      */