RE: String To Number Conversion

2004-11-23 Thread ext-Chetak.Sasalu
Hi , You do not need a atoi function in Perl. All the strings can be used as a number based on the context. for example $str1 = '50'; $str2 = '2'; $sum = $num1 + $num2; # sum is now 52 $str_cat = $num1.$num2; #str_cat is 502 HTH, Chetak -Original Message- From: A Madhusudan-A532

RE: Perl cant add up with sprintf ?

2004-11-26 Thread ext-Chetak.Sasalu
I have an 11 digit number. I want to add another number to it and format to 11 digits as well. my $amount1 = 14313562897; my $amount2 = 0013625; $amount = sprintf("%011d", $amount1 + $amount2); print $amount."\n"; The answer perl gives me is -01 How can this be ? --- When a nu

RE: Run Shell Script Using Perl

2004-12-10 Thread ext-Chetak.Sasalu
-Original Message- From: ext Chris Devers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 10. December 2004 15:58 To: roime puniran Cc: Perl Beginners List Subject: Re: Run Shell Script Using Perl On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, roime puniran wrote: > I have a linux shell script used to transfer files >