on Wed, 15 May 2002 03:12:15 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Drieux) wrote: > so you need to check that it is numeric... > > so you could do it with say > > > if ( $val =~ /^\d+/ and $val > 0 and $val <11) {
Not good enough. $val = 3.141592654; is perfectly numeric but fails your /^\d+/. See perldoc -q float How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float? -- felix -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]