On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 08:28:55 -0500, Bob Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John wrote: > > Hello > > > > Is there any special function for that job? > > See the FAQ article: > > perldoc -q 'is a number' > > >
That all depends on what you mean by a number...the FAQ interestingly ignores hex values. 0xabcdef is a perfectly valid numeric value. --jay savage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>