On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 02:12:58 +0200, John wrote: > Hello > > Is there any special function for that job?
personally I would use a rexex: if ($myunknownvalue =~ m/^\d*$/) { print "this is a number\n"; } else { print "this is some crap\n"; } hope this helps mat -- Cats land on their feet. Toast lands jellyside down. A cat glued to some jelly toast will hover in quantum indecision perl -e'$_=q#: 13_2: 12/o{>: 8_4) (_4: 6/2^-2; 3;-2^\2: 5/7\_/\7:\ 1 m m::#;y#:#\n#;s#(\D)(\d+)#$1x$2#ge;print' Yes, of course it's the right cabl [le0: NO CARRIER]
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