Olivier Wirz wrote: > > Hello, Hello,
> How can I suppress the leading zeroes, except one when all positions are 0; > for example: > > 000015 will be 15 > 000000 will be 0 Just use the "numbers" in a numeric context: $ perl -le' for ( "000000", "000015" ) { print "String: ", $_; print "Number: ", $_ + 0; } ' String: 000000 Number: 0 String: 000015 Number: 15 John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>