Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 09:02:56PM -0000, McGlinchy, Alistair wrote: > > Unfortunately -+- is bugged [*], but I'll leave these as > gotcha's for > > your production code. :-) > > > > [*] You might want to consider: print -+- '-2B' x 5; # Bug? > > No. perlop say: if the string starts with a plus or minus, a > string starting with the opposite sign is returned.
Hmmm. Looks like I didn't put enough smilies there. Perhaps the much more bugged^?^?^?^?^?^? robust reciprocal operator /// will put your mind at rest. :-) print ///4; # prints 0.25 :-) Cheers, :-) Alistair ********************************************************************** Registered Office: Marks and Spencer plc Waterside House 35 North Wharf Road London W2 1NW Registered No. 214436 in England and Wales. Telephone (020) 7935 4422 Facsimile (020) 7487 2670 <<www.marksandspencer.com>> Please note that electronic mail may be monitored. This e-mail is confidential. If you received it by mistake, please let us know and then delete it from your system; you should not copy, disclose, or distribute its contents to anyone nor act in reliance on this e-mail, as this is prohibited and may be unlawful.
