On 1/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks! This is what I'm looking for.
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "DePriest, Jason R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > use Math::BigFloat;
> > $m = Math::BigFloat->new('7191750529163469.123'); # notice NO double
> > quotes, this is still a number
I am worried that a wrong meme might begin here and spread. Single
quotes and double quotes both yield strings in Perl. Double quotes
interpolate and single quotes don't.
The constructor of Math::BigFloat takes a string argument:
# Number creation
$x = Math::BigFloat->new($str);
If you don't give it a string, it will make a string out of what it
has, possibly
after converting it to a normal float and back, which is what may have been
happening.
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