[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chromatic) writes: > Is "10" a string? Is it a number? Is "10base-T" a string? Is it a > number? Is an object with overloaded stringification and numification a > number? Is it a string? > > I don't know a good heuristic for solving these problems. If you have > one, it's worth considering though.
Use =~ for all these kinds of comparison. No, I'm not being facetious, at least not intentionally. -- At Friday's meeting I did get a chance to call a spade an earth-moving bloody implement of damn-and-blasted wood and bastard metal construction. - Red Drag Diva