Hello, if I use the sprintf function it would give me a number STRING, but not number, so I have to trick the string to become number by adding and subtracting the number with 1. Is there a better way than this ? I want it to be a number data type and not string.
e.g my $strNumber = sprintf("%04d", 123); my $number = $strNumber + 1 - 1; # to trick Perl to convert to number datatype instead of string. Thanks, William Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/