> >>> I have a variable which could contain any number from 01-12. I need
> >>> to remove the leading zero from numbers 01-09, otherwise I get an
> >>> "octal digit" error when the number is used in a calculation. Can
> >>> anyone show me how to remove that leading zero?
> >>
> >> use warnings;
> >> use strict;
> >>
> >> my @numbers = qw ( 01 02 03 04 05 );
> >>
> >> for my $num (@numbers) {
> >> $num = int $num;
>
> no need for int. perl coerces numbers to strings and vice versa on
> demand. int is actually used to truncate the fraction off of a float,
> not to convert a string to a number.
>
> G> That got it. Thank you Steve and Uri.
>
> you never posted the code that was bothering you. it would be helpful to
> us and yourself to post it. your quoted error made no sense to me given
> what you also said.
>
> thanx,
>
> uri
I use interchange (icdevgroup.org) and things like this always trace
back to the extra layer. Please let me know if that is satisfactory.
- Grant
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