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From: "Thomas_M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 2:35 PM
Subject: RE: determining if a scalar is an integer or not
> > another way is to use a regex and check i
> another way is to use a regex and check if the var only
> consists numbers:
>
> if ($var1 =~ /^\d+$/) {
> print "is int\n";
> } else {
> print "not int"
> }
How about -7 or 5.0? Both are integers.
Wouldn't it be better for him to use one of the answers in the FAQ?
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