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RE: De-engineer a number

by perlmonkey (Hermit)
on May 25, 2000 at 11:09 UTC ( [id://14716]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to De-engineer a number

Probably overkill. Perl understands the e notation already. 
$a = 5.6e3;
print $a , "\n";

#or

$a = '5.6e3';
$b = eval($a);
print "$a == $b\n";

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5.6e3 == 5600

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RE: RE: De-engineer a number
by KM (Priest) on May 25, 2000 at 17:45 UTC
    Overkill? It is a neat regex, that was the point. The point wasn't to find the best way to do it, but a cool, fun way.

    Cheers,
    KM

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