>>>>> "RC" == Rob Coops <rco...@gmail.com> writes:
RC> @Uri, returning 0 or 0.00 does make a small difference in that the RC> receiving program likes the 0.00 better then the plain 0 don't ask RC> me why ask our mainframe colleagues why. I wish I could let perl RC> do the work for me but it simply does not regardless of how I try RC> and do it return the "right" numbers when I compare them with the RC> numbers in the Uniface system. I have a sample set of a month RC> worth of invoices for 1 country and the below code is the only way RC> in which I was able to emulate the behaviour of the Uniface system RC> in all cases. My feeling is that the Uniface system does the same RC> kind of weird trick. from perl's perspective 0 and 0.0 are the same as long as you deal with numbers. perl -le '$x = 0 ; print $x ; $x = 0.00 ; print $x' 0 0 so you can't tell the difference without getting into the guts with xs or some special code. you mention a receiving program which may make a difference but again perl won't know or care. there may be more code than you are showing which makes a difference between the two but basic perl doesn't know or care. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
