Here's one way:
#\d represents a digit #this regex checks to see if every character (besides possibly a trailing \n) is a digit if($var =~ /^\d+$/){ do something... }else{ don't } -----Original Message----- From: Helen Dynah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 11:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Variable question Hi everyone. I was wondering how you would determine whether a variable is a number or not. I want to do an if statement such as if ($variable is a number) {... Any help is great. Thanx, Helen --------------------------------- Find, Connect, Date! Yahoo! Canada Personals -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]