On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 06:03:34PM +0530, A Madhusudan-A5324C wrote: > Does anyone know how to convert string into Number in Perl. Just like > the classic atoi function of C.
Yep. perl does. If you want something to be a number, use it as one. $ perl -le '$a = "0.36"; $b = "2.456e3 or so"; $c = $a + $b; print $c' 2456.36 -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
