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Re^6: (almost) foldl

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)
on Jun 08, 2011 at 21:34 UTC ( [id://908795]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^5: (almost) foldl
in thread (almost) foldl

The point is that '1e' is not a valid number in Perl, so your answer of 7 is at best flawed. 

C:\test>perl -Mstrict -wE"say 0+'1e'"
Argument "1e" isn't numeric in addition (+) at -e line 1.
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Re^7: (almost) foldl
by Grimy (Pilgrim) on Jun 08, 2011 at 21:40 UTC
    Never mind. You're right.
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