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Re: 1 vs "1"

by riffraff (Pilgrim)
on Sep 13, 2001 at 00:27 UTC ( #112012=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to 1 vs "1"

You could also force the string to be looked at as a string, by, for example, prepending a character in front of it:

$a=1;
func($a);  # a number
func("x$a"); # now a string

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