On 29 juil, 14:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan-Henrik) wrote: > Dear Group, > > I'm new to Perl and I have a simple question: > > I ask for the entry of a number vie <STDIN>: > > ---------------------------------------- > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > use strict; > > my $foo; > print "Enter number: "; > $foo = <STDIN>; > comp($foo); > ---------------------------------------- > > Now I would like to check wether the user really entered a number and > not letters. What would a check like that look like? A regular > expression like this: > ---------------------------------------- > unless ($foo =~ /[a-zA-Z\D+][^.][\D*]/ {...}; > ---------------------------------------- > > Is there an easier or more beautiful way? > > Also, how would I substract just a number from a string? Searched the > net for an example but didn't succeed, so sorry for asking a question > like that... > > Many thanks for your help! > > Kind regards, > > Jan-Henrik
I'm stupid, sorry. It's as easy as this: ---------------------------------------- unless ($foo =~ /[a-zA-Z]/ {...}; ---------------------------------------- :-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/