Jerry Preston wrote:
> 
> Hi!

Hello,

> I am looking for a simple way to figure out if a value is a integer or a
> float.  How to tell the difference between 7 and 7.5.

$ perl -le'
for ( 7, 5.9 ) {
    print "$_ is an integer" if $_ == int;
    }
'
7 is an integer

Also have a look at this FAQ:

perldoc -q "How do I determine whether a scalar is a number"



John
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