On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:47:25 +1100, David Clarke wrote: > As well, if the large number starts with 0, I get an "Illegal octal > digit '8' at test.pl line 2, at end of line". Sorry, forgot this one. A number can't start with a zero (except if it is in front of a comma). If a number starts with a zero, perl things you are trying to compute an octal (uses base 8 and only the numbers from 0 to 7) number. Octals don't have any number above 7, so you get an error message.
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