Brad Baxter <bmb <at> mail.libs.uga.edu> writes: >>> perl -E '@a = ("1"); say "1 x" ~~ @a' >>This is a slightly unperlish distinction; usually in Perl it doesn't matter >>whether a scalar holds the number 42 or the string '42' >Perhaps I misunderstand the example, but there is no time that I'm aware >of when perl would store "1 x" in a scalar as a number. I was referring to this difference: % perl -E '@a = ("1"); say "1 x" ~~ @a' % perl -E '@a = (1); say "1 x" ~~ @a' 1 So you have to be aware of the difference between 1 and '1'. This is the only place in everyday Perl programming where the difference is noticeable. -- Ed Avis <eda@waniasset.com>Thread Previous | Thread Next