"John W. Krahn" wrote: > > 1 or greater > > -1 or less
A pox on both your houses: ;-o) Greetings! E:\d_drive\perlStuff>perl -w my $test = .00001; print (($test ? $test : 'false'), "\n"); ^Z 1e-005 Greetings! E:\d_drive\perlStuff>perl -w my $test = -.00001; print (($test ? $test : 'false'), "\n"); ^Z -1e-005 How about just "non-zero"? Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>