Correction its not that it's a string (which it is) its that int doesn't like 0 even thought it's an integer by definition.
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Curry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 March 2008 20:52 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: beginners@perl.org Subject: RE: variable help Be warned though that int isn't cleaver enough to deal with say... $x='0'; print int($x); still says it's a string as It is. If you are not 100% sure then you can also do if ($x =~/^\d*$/) for an actual integer i.e. a number in the positive whole set of numbers { 1,2,3....} or negative whole numbers -1,-2,-3.... or 0. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 March 2008 20:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: beginners@perl.org Subject: RE: variable help Thanks Brown. It worked. -----Original Message----- From: Rodrick Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 1:50 AM To: Sayed, Irfan Cc: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: variable help #!/usr/bin/perl my $p = 10; if( int($p) ) { print "$p is an interger\n"; } ~ On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:16 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > > > How to find out the specific variable contains integer value. In my > script ,variable is storing some value but I want to find out whether > that value is string or integer. > > > > Please help > > > > Regards > > Irfan. > > -- Rodrick R. Brown http://www.rodrickbrown.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrickbrown -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ This e-mail is from the PA Group. For more information, see www.thepagroup.com. This e-mail may contain confidential information. Only the addressee is permitted to read, copy, distribute or otherwise use this email or any attachments. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender immediately. Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is personal to the sender and may not reflect the opinion of the PA Group. Any e-mail reply to this address may be subject to interception or monitoring for operational reasons or for lawful business practices. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/